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Mat Roop Senior Member
Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 911 Location: Wyoming Ontario
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 2:34 pm Post subject: through neck |
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Lots of info on line when the use of the thru neck diminished.
My question is when and where was it first used commercially? how old can a thru neck be?
Did Strad Guarneri use any thru necks?
Thanks... Mat |
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Michael Darnton Moderator
Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 1281 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 8:29 am Post subject: |
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The through neck is not a characteristic of Cremonese method, but the Brescians, da Salo for instance, used it, and it was the method for attaching a neck previous to that, far, far back. It was commonly used by many other schools, right up to the early 1900s. So basically a through neck is not indication of age, at all. _________________ new blog at my site! http://darntonviolins.com/blog
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Mat Roop Senior Member
Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 911 Location: Wyoming Ontario
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kjb Super Member
Joined: 06 Feb 2013 Posts: 385
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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I know this is an old topic , but
can you put a block and fit a regular neck on one,
this is a cheap german one, so if it is too time consuming or more trouble than its worth let me know |
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Michael Darnton Moderator
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kjb Super Member
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:36 am Post subject: |
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thanks , is it pretty straight froward , and tips ? |
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L P Reedy Super Member
Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Posts: 276 Location: Brevard, NC
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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I did it once on an old American-made junker. With the top off I installed a regular block. Then cut the funny stuff (block part) off the original neck, glued on an extension and mounted it in the new block. Don't remember all the details, it was over 30 years ago and before I knew anything. But it couldn't have been too hard and it worked. It was still a junker but playable. |
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kjb Super Member
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:05 am Post subject: |
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thanks! sounds reasonable |
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Rick M Member
Joined: 18 Sep 2016 Posts: 65 Location: Okotoks, AB, Canada
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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Photos aren't the greatest, but my version of the repair you're talking about.
Before
After
As LP notes, I had to make some fixes to the height and then it was essentially a neck reset. |
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kjb Super Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:55 am Post subject: |
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thanks I did not visualize it like that ! |
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