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Well, actually it was a metaphor for caring about what one does, about having the curiosity and drive to learn everything about the subject field, gaining skills, and having pride to do one's best at ...

...If you let your bow hand completely relaxed and hanging from your wrist, you'll realize from the start that your fingers curve under to form a cradle. Your bow, essentially "rests" in th ...

In all things, it seems there are way too many trying to make a fast buck that they forget about 'pride in craft', settling instead for 'arrogance in craft'. There's no Murphy's law invoked when the c ...

Warning noted: still, I will surely review a few authors and luthiers before jumping in too quick. It's like writing a term paper, sound study only comes by comparing ideas from more than one source.

I've searched everywhere for it and have found nothing, not even something with that sort of nickname, except one vocalist. I also checked violas and cellos - nothing.

Perhaps it was something som ...

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Perspectives, that is one thing Weisshaar and Shipman stress in their restoration book; basically, there is more than one way to skin a cat and that they didn't include every possible solution to all ...

Thanks Dave. Thanks for the suggestions also. I did look on ebay, but settling on hitting garage sales. I hope no one minds, I'm sure I'll have a million questions by the time I'm through. I will post ...

In the images of the case, 1930c. the first is a similar case and the condition it was in before I started, and the second is the actual case after I finished.

The second image is the violin I am a ...

Since luthier schools are beyond my budget and my area, I'll be relying on books to learn repairing and making violins. And, of course picking the brains of members of this forum if you don't mind. So ...

I'm new here too BigFryMan. I'm starting with a repair before I decide to get into building one from scratch. I'll post my successes or failures as I go along. See you around.

Hi everyone, I'm JZ. I'm from SW Ohio. I'm an artist by formal training and have become interested in violins, making/playing a violin. I rebuilt a wooden case for my Uncle's violin(from the 30s) quit ...