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15 hours ago, DarylG said:
Most makers I know cook varnish in open pots. What are you hoping to gain by cooking in a corked erlenmeyer flask?
Exothermic reaction!
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Personally, I like the fine work of scroll carving. The removal of large amounts of wood is a task that I am not that fond of.
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I use Total Dollar.
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8 minutes ago, David Burgess said:
You gots your Papa, Mama, and Baby bar, just like the fairy tale.
One of your better quips David. Literary context!
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Had the pleasure of studying with him one summer. He had a really nice Strad. Did not notice any painted on flames. What I did notice was that he was not in that great of health. Sadly he passed away shortly after. Fantastic player.
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1 hour ago, David Burgess said:
But this most recent time, she said afterward, "Don't ever ask me to do this again".
I remember Hans Nebel telling us to “profusely pre-apologize “ when getting the spouse to assist in gluing plates to the rib garland!
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9 hours ago, JacksonMaberry said:
Not every Strad sounds good, unfortunately. There are some real dogs. Who knows if it was a hangover day or if the Mantegazzas over thinned it for Cozio.
True Jackson. Played some that were pretty underwhelming.
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Retouching even with clear can be a slippery slope. Matching the level of gloss or matt is tricky. Color matching is one of the most daunting things in restoration.
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"When the band you are in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon..."
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I would suggest contacting Eugene Holtier on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/eugene.holtier. I'm sure he would answer your concerns. Please let us know what you find out as I have this varnish but not have used it yet.
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2 hours ago, Don Noon said:
There was life before the rover program. And jobs even before I started at JPL. I'm that old.
Don't tell me you worked on Explorer 1. You look very young for your age. Did you know von Braun? Lol
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Wow Don the Hubble mirror problem was quite a bugger. The tolerances are crazy. And I just thought you were a "rover guy".
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Does anyone know if there is a program that color codes the thicknesses of plates? There used to be a program by Hans Pluhar but it is down http://www.hanspluhar.com/violingraduation.html.
Something like this would be nice;
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Greg Alf’s article in the Strad about the Messiah neck is very interesting.
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Caliper purchased from Metropolitan Music. Works perfectly. No longer needed. $50 shipped to continental US. PM if interested.
SOLD!
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Complete Herdim Kreisler Guarneri template set. Cost new $140. Price $85 shipped. PM if interested.
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8 hours ago, Don Noon said:
Top, back, ribs, neck, scroll, pegs, and fingerboard are all torrefied on what I build these days. Unless someone orders mechanical pegs.
That is what I figured. The piece on the left is lighter than I would expect and the even lighter resawn rib wood made me think about how deep the color change goes after treatment. Perhaps it is the image. I have seen treated wood that on the outside is quite brown.
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1 minute ago, Don Noon said:
Starting the next batch of violins...
There's not often a need for the Big Bandsaw, but occasionally it comes in extremely handy... such as for slicing off the top of a thick 1-piece back for matching ribstock.
Have those been torrefied? I have been listening to a bunch of guitar luthier podcasts. Lots of use of torrefied wood in that world. Big makers and corporate enterprises using it.
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Tasty varnish and back wood.
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6 hours ago, catnip said:
I like this tool!
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39 minutes ago, Marty Kasprzyk said:
I've found that tall players with long arms can easily play my 17.5 inch violas and I've noticed these players also usually have large hands and long fingers. I may have made a mistake by putting a standard width fingerboard and neck on my large 4 string 17.5 inch viola.
My 5 string17.5 inch viola was made with a wider fingerboard in order to have the normal spacing between the strings. A very good viola player (Masters at Juilliard) with rather big hands liked the feel of my 5 string viola neck much better than my large 4 string viola or his own modern Italian viola (Romeo Antoniazzi).
I have read that viola necks shouldn't be any thicker than violin necks but this might not be a good practice for large violas. I also suspect that the string spacings should also be made a little wider. Maybe this is a custom fitting vs. standard size debate.
My large 5 string weighs 588g total with a chin rest and its deep bent back plate shape eliminates the need for separate shoulder which saves some weight. The top plate weighed about 85g. Nobody has yet complained about its response.
Can you post some pics of your violas?
Gold Mounted Richard Grunke
in The Pegbox
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That is a very common place for the ivory face to crack on the tip. Can be caused by a bow plug that is slightly too wide. The bow looks in decent shape. Used to own a bow just like it.