I've learned so much since I built this first composite violin that I had to go back and correct a few things.

Redeemed was completed in Nov 2008. The fingerboard fell off after a few weeks and in January of 2009

the neck popped off. There was a learning curve to working with hyde glue and being timely with clamps.

This summer I noticed a crack in the top under the fingerboard. An old repair had come undone.

My agenda:

-Remove and repair top: cleat cracks build up edges.

-New fingerboard.

-Reset the neck at a more optimum angle.

-Regraduate the back.

-Record weights of components reduce weight to <400grams

-Check tuning of plates.

-Match the top scroll tap and helmholtz frequency.

-New set up.

Redeemed has some erratic overhangs that I am going to leave alone.

Here I have glued build ups to plate edges:

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