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Chet Bishop
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Excellent!

Any instructions as to concentration? % solution, etc.? I will definitely use this on my next instrument.

Incidentally, Michael; you may remember a conversation we had about ten years ago, wherein you stopped me as I was carving a viola top, because I was trying to follow your instructions about carving violin tops...and I said that I wondered whether that was why many players had commented that my early violins "sound like a viola"....

Anyway, an update on that is that my wife, Ann, suggested that I try stringing one of those early "violins" as a viola. I used the bottom four strings from a five-string fiddle set (thus having the right tension for a violin-sized instrument), and it made an astonishingly good 14" viola. Your observations as to what makes a good viola versus violin sound were spot-on!

So, thanks again, Maestro Michael! Smile

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't remember.... maybe one part of glycerin to 4 or 5 or so parts of water? I usually just do it by eye.

Anyone else?
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 5:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been using about 10% by volume. That solution needs to be used fairly soon or it will grow undesirables. Once the moisture is dried out of it the glycerin is stable.

I remember you saying once that 100% glycerin makes the purfling too soft to use, so I haven't tried that. Next time I may use 20%.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not a good idea to use methylene blue to preserve the mix longer, eh? Smile

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 5:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you want to preserve it I recommend phenol, but why bother?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 5:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I mix about a shot at a time, and do quite a few strips of purfling all at once, then throw the rest, such as it is, out. I lay all the purfling on my bench, brush on the mix, wait a few seconds, pick it all up and dry it off, and bind it in a bundle. It doesn't need to be soaked or anything like that--a little goes a long way.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The glycerin is a great idea. Michael, perhaps this is a foolish question but How well does glycerin work with lining and ribs, particularly the C's?

Thank you.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have not tried it on them.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My guess would be that we would not like what it does to wood that's tonally important. It makes the purfling feel really soft, and I don't look for that in tone wood. Maybe on ribs it would be OK, but I'm not going to be the one to try it. :-)
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That sounds logical.

That it helps bending the purfling is a great improvement in itself. I am going to try it on my next instrument's purfling. Thank you again.
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PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2016 10:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here are some photos from the show:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.984308104951686.1073741827.336643326384837&type=3

There were about 80 makers there, and about 800 people came to the show, over the two days. Lots of good contacts, but no sales. Good weekend all around.
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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2016 11:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey Chet, thanks for the update on the show. Looks like it's getting to be a good size. Nice table presentation.
Hope some of the contacts you made pan out to sales.

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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2016 12:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, Joe! I hope so, too.
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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2016 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good to see you there, Chet.

I've finally managed to get a few photos up myself, and have them in a Flickr album.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23218266@N06/albums/72157668127040051

It was a good, and educational, trip.

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