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Topic: Stradivari, right or left handed? |
bacon
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:02 pm Subject: left or right |
I believe the left handed phobia is something of the Victorian Era. We know for fact thru art and woodwind manufacture that all musical instruments were played both left and right handed thru out the ... |
Topic: crack filler |
bacon
Replies: 12
Views: 25183
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 3:32 pm Subject: lycopodium |
Lycopodium spore size is between .04-.025 mm. I fill my void of no more than .2mm,hopefully much less, with the lycopodium spores then apply a thin wash of spirit varnish. If the gap is larger I use w ... |
Topic: crack filler |
bacon
Replies: 12
Views: 25183
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:36 am Subject: crack filler |
Here is a link to the product Michael is referring to, it is now called Acryloid.
http://www.conservationresources.com/Main/S%20CATALOG/default.htm
For properly repaired cracks showing any depth in ... |
Topic: Cello Cast |
bacon
Replies: 13
Views: 14678
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:06 pm Subject: Cello Cast |
I would like to thank everyone for their input. I have finished my cast and it came out wonderful. The power stirrer was great. I did end up using the rubber skirting. I used a new material, to me, fo ... |
Topic: Cello Cast |
bacon
Replies: 13
Views: 14678
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:23 pm Subject: Cello Cast |
"-the first layer should be thin so it follows the plate closely, thick plaster will leave large air pockets "
Jonathan are you suggesting multiple cured layers or just making sure that t ... |
Topic: Cello Cast |
bacon
Replies: 13
Views: 14678
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:06 pm Subject: Cello Cast |
Jack thank you. I have constructed my walls of poster-board , but rubber skirting sounds worth trying out. It seems that when I have done full violin table forms that it took only five minuets for the ... |
Topic: Cello Cast |
bacon
Replies: 13
Views: 14678
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:30 pm Subject: Cello Cast |
I have done many small partial casts as well as a few full violin plate casts with a fair amount of success. I am very nervous of a full table cast for a cello.javascript:emoticon('')
I usually use ... |
Topic: Restoration Book |
bacon
Replies: 19
Views: 25238
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:35 pm Subject: Restoration |
corrections and addenda
I first encountered the WEISSHAAR and Shipman book in the UCLA music library soon after it was published in '88. Then a helpful friend gave me a copy.
What I find most inc ... |
Topic: Restoration Book |
bacon
Replies: 19
Views: 25238
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:55 pm Subject: restoration |
I started working with the Weisshar and Shipman book some 20 years ago doing school repairs. I admit I never mastered everything in the book but I did learn a great deal. Along the way via word of mo ... |
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