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Topic: 350 year old approach to violin making |
seammc
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:23 am Subject: Hill |
When reading Hill;
For concept only ...Plates,Think of making a steel drum.as found in central America....different areas, different tones (knock values)
area size will define the sound and thickn ... |
Topic: 350 year old approach to violin making |
seammc
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:51 am Subject: 350 year old approach to violin making |
Acoustic tuning: http://www.instrumentmaking.keithhillharpsichords.com/areatuning.0.html
This can be found on the Keith Hill site (difficult to understand)
I tried a build on a cheap kit and fin ... |
Topic: 1692 Falmouth |
seammc
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:52 pm Subject: Re: Falmouth |
Is this the violin you're referring to? Second link (dated 2013( indicates new owner is a Swede and on loan to concertmaster at Dallas Symphony. Length is 356, so I guess its a big "slip" ... |
Topic: 1692 Falmouth |
seammc
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:13 pm Subject: speculation and nothing more |
The mold designated as #3 is a possibility in the Strad mold articles...the year is right and shows little use....who knows ???&?
The third Carteggio description is:
No 3: forma di cui si ve ... |
Topic: 1692 Falmouth |
seammc
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:51 pm Subject: I am aware of this |
I have looked at this in the recent past And thanks
the pictures carry a lot of info but we don't get to see the mold ...to bad! |
Topic: 1692 Falmouth |
seammc
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 11:26 am Subject: On loan to Leonidas Kavakos |
thanks .....I believe that this is not up to date
While he had it ...much beautiful music happened |
Topic: 1692 Falmouth |
seammc
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 9:27 am Subject: 1692 Falmouth |
Does any one have any info on this willow the wisp violin ...was it a Strad 'one off'?
all that I have found is -Conversation-with-Violinist-Leonidas-Kavako
Jim |
Topic: Making My First Bow, also. |
seammc
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Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:45 pm Subject: first bow |
it's about time.... go slow ...don't get impatient and don't be afraid to let it rest over night. wood has a memory and that memory needs time to adjust
Jim |
Topic: Does anyone oil their bows? |
seammc
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Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 10:19 am Subject: oiling bows |
I have come to think that oiling a bow may make the bow 'rubber like' (depending on the oil chosen) and only come into it's own in about 25 years
I will take some time to determine if this is reall ... |
Topic: The very essence of bow making (a Hail Mary) |
seammc
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Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 1:05 pm Subject: drum |
nice job
Jim |
Topic: The very essence of bow making (a Hail Mary) |
seammc
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Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 11:55 am Subject: drum |
WOW
I like your wooden plane
I have made a couple and they are easy to make
Jim |
Topic: bow rehair (misc) |
seammc
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Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 1:53 pm Subject: bow rehair 1925 article |
Found this ..Popular mechanics
http://books.google.com/books?id=DNsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA318&lpg=PA318&dq=violin+bow+ferrule&source=bl&ots=0ExWMXZpnK&sig=TcR6zGELCL8qH08Aq9KNs_lN_5 ... |
Topic: The very essence of bow making (a Hail Mary) |
seammc
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Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 5:39 pm Subject: John Bolander's booklet |
Most curious... when he started out he had to make his own tools, under his teachers eye ...that was the way it was done years ago ...unheard of now
That is how My grandfather learned to be a blac ... |
Topic: The very essence of bow making (a Hail Mary) |
seammc
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Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 12:31 pm Subject: 400 degrees? |
I think you can make charcoal at that temp (in a retort)
Jim |
Topic: The very essence of bow making (a Hail Mary) |
seammc
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Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:12 am Subject: Re tempering |
Quote: The subject of tempering seems to have caused some confusion.
so it would seem. For me tempering means establishing a memory (or maintaining a memory) ... I can see another mini lab coming I ... |
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