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monradon
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:57 pm    Post subject: Patching top need something to read Reply with quote

How would you guys patch this need some reading for guidlines





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monradon
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:00 pm    Post subject: Old fiddles Reply with quote

This was told to me by the one of the curator at the Shrine To Music at USD in South Dakota. The one is a early american made fiddle homemade by someone and the other is a early french fiddle . I was showing her some I picked up and was wondering which ones to rob parts from for another restoration and she talked me into restoreing these first.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:47 pm    Post subject: Top patching Reply with quote

"Violin Restoration - A Manual For Violin Makers" by Hans Weisshaar and Margaret Shipman is the "bible" for many of us for that kind of work. However, that kind of work is not easily learned on one's own. To do it correctly is not simple or fast. The book is only about $400.[/b]
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

$320 used from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Violin-Restoration-Manual-Makers/dp/0962186104
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Jack H.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

remove the top, clean the top remove mimimal amount of bad wood to get a flat clean surface. find matching piece ( grain lines, cut, direction, color) and match and replace wood. cut out what ever is not an f hole adn color match and varnish.
easy for me, been doing it for years. What is your level of experience?

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