Violin Forum/Message Board

Happy new year, all.

I wonder if anybody has seen this article on how bowmakers and ecologists are uniting in Brazil to save the pernambuco tree. The URL is:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-c ...

I would set up the clearances at about 3-3.5 mm for the E (most E's are steel, even with synthetic string sets), and about 5.5 at the G for synthetic strings (about 5 for steel). Gut strings might be ...

Thanks, Manfio and Leif. I did check the neck angle of the violin, and it seems to be right on spec. So it's the bridge.

Manfio, you said that you use different string clearances for steel and gut. ...

Greetings, all.

To introduce myself, I'm a very novice player and builder, having partially assembled a Stewart-Macdonald 4/4 kit and bought a used Florea Oradea with intent to learn how to play.
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You're on! But I'll post my first question over on the builder's side, to allow more people to respond.

Thanks to both of you for your warm welcome.

Hello, all.

I'm John LaTorre, a VERY novice builder and player. I've been putting together a Stewart-Macdonald 4/4 kit, realized I didn't know beans about violins, so bought a used Florea Oradea w ...