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Remember that Woman with the Crazy Vibrato? This is way better.
Bill Merkel replied to Stephen Fine's topic in The Fingerboard
Without makeup the Charlie Chaplin effect goes away. Same expressions different effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le7lUClZycY -
Thanks Dwight! 404mm is just under 16 inches so I’ll order a 16” case.
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Some rumored that the viola size was measured from upper purfling to lower purfling in inches to have a generic classification of size...
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Remember that Woman with the Crazy Vibrato? This is way better.
Stephen Fine replied to Stephen Fine's topic in The Fingerboard
Kopatchinskaja is still blowing my mind. Her control is excellent. Her choices are so delightful. -
Remember that Woman with the Crazy Vibrato? This is way better.
Bill Merkel replied to Stephen Fine's topic in The Fingerboard
I've been listening and watching for the last couple of weeks and I think she has a musicality that we haven't seen in a hundred years. Note the effect here. It's like the bowing is purposely wild and indistinct but in context it's part of a great effect. Nobody else would do that, that I know of. https://youtu.be/OF9fneQ50Us?t=592 But don't think she does it that way because she has to! She's a real master of the bow. https://youtu.be/OF9fneQ50Us?t=1101 -
Peg shapers: Alberti v Herdim
Julian Cossmann Cooke replied to Julian Cossmann Cooke's topic in The Pegbox
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How would one measure "just the purfling"?
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On the back, next to the button, straight to the edge of the back using a measuring tape. DLB
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Thanks Don! The current one is a very light one, side mounted.
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If you really want to save money, an eight dollar set of mandolin strings gets you two complete sets for violin. And no cutting needed. (No, I haven't tried it.)
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I know. I just think it's funny when someone says that X is so much better than Y that there's no comparison.
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Here are the last photos.
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And that is pedantry.
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Cool.
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You seem to be saying that the Albertis are much better than the Dicks. That is a comparison.
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Not really. Compare the well-defined straight line, at the lower ends of the flames, that cuts across grain lines at the center joint with the poorly-defined curved line that runs along the grain at the upper ends of the flames.
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I have purchased a viola to “fiddle” around with... I need to order a case for it and realized that the LOB can vary depending on where it is measured from (several sources recommend different starting/ending points). The LOB is 404mm when measuring from end to end (actual wood length, not just the purfling). Any universal methods?
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Not necessarily. I've heard that some Strads are made from wood with knots.
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That's exactly what it is.
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I don't know if those are typical of the era. They could be viola pegs. Pegs come in so many subtle -- and not-so-subtle -- variations in size and shape that it can be impossible to match any given peg exactly without having a set custom made. I think this would be prohibitively expensive for a typical 100 year old Stainer copy. In your position, I would look at what's available in viola pegs. Dictum has a pretty good peg selection that you can see here: https://www.dictum.com/en/pegs-accessories-jha If you see pegs you like, you will either have to order them from Germany yourself or have a violin shop order them for you from Howard Core, Dictum's American distributor, because Core only sells through shops. You probably never initially received a useful reply because there is no easy solution to your problem.
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The fact is, the Alberti’s do a better job, quicker. It is irresponsible to use the Herdim’s, because every peg costs you money in time that you do not need to spend (this is how I justify every one of my Alberti tools).
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yes - I think Peter Ratcliff has identified a very narrow geographical area, though it applies to pretty much all the Cremonese classical makers, not just Stradivari. Because the source of the wood is shared amongst so many makers, it most likely came from a tonewood supplier they all used.
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I'm saying that if you pull the top down rather than carve the arch in fully, you are minimising runout (keeping more long fibres intact). No idea if this is an advantage tonally but it could well be ....
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Regarding value I'd fully agree with BF and might add that the cost of repair to a reasonable standard can easily exceed what you will then get for the violin. As it is, I think if it was on ebay in Germany you might fetch 200-300 Euro, and in economic terms this is likely your best avenue. Alternatively, you could try to have a luthier asses both the instrument and the repair cost under the premise that he would repair the instrument and then sell it on commission.
