[mysterious secrets of new violins]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0edY2zMNB0

[Einstein.s book "Relativity"]

Tony Bennett - As time goes by

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc1KjwmXOM8

[Dimensions for fractional cello bridges]

 

http://woodsoundstudio.com/setup.htm

[guess the wood]

Do either of the woods float?

Joe

[Strad edgework]

 

Did the purfling go all the way across under the fingerboard?

 

[Book of Koen Padding's varnish expertise]

.

http://www.violinvarnishbook.net/

 

"In one of the  most useful books  on the subject, the writings of the late Koen Padding appear for the first time in one collection."

["THE COUNTESS STANLEIN" STRAD 'CELLO]

"Cozio’s remark on the head is slightly perplexing. While recognizing it as by the maker, he seems to conjecture that it was made as a viola da gamba with six strings. It would appear that Cozio interpreted the opening of the back of the pegbox as evidence that the instrument was strung as a viola da gamba."

 

http://reuningprivatesales.com/stainlein/stainlein-history

[Drill press hollowing system suggestions]

http://wood-carver.com/

 

 

http://wood-carver.com/violins-violas-cellos.html

 

Duplicating a Violin Plate

 

http://wood-carver.com/univideos.html

[Serious question about Del Gesu]

Roger, everything you write is gold. Thanks so much. I hope you finish that book you started.

http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/gold.aspx

[Top/bottom plate thickness mesaurement]

Is there a way to measure the violin Top/bottom plate thickness without taking the violin apart? What tool do I need for such type of measurements?  I am particularly interested in the center region of the bottom plate. Thank you.

http://www.magicprobe.net/

 

[Serious question about Del Gesu]

Hey I didn't notice that either and I even looked through my files and found the right one. So much for expertise. I blame it on old age, too many pictures and writing my MN comments in bed after midnight.

I couldn't find a smiley face that looked embarrassed enough.  

 

 

 

[Serious question about Del Gesu]

Sounds interesting. Where can I find a copy of his speech?

 

15 #3 1998 (Proc. 24th Conv. and12th Comp., Pt. 2)

 

http://www.vsa.to/journals-published

 

 " Learning from Guarneri" 

Samuel Zygmuntowicz

 

 

http://vsa.tarisio.com/search/quick_search/%20%09Video%20on%20Bending%20Plates/select_by_issue/0/select_previous_search/0/page/0

[January issue of The Strad: Asymmetry of Strad's scrolls]

Roger Hargrave

 

 

http://www.roger-hargrave.de/Seiten/english/Bibliothek/Bibliothek.htm

 

The Preparation of the Head and Neck Blocks

[Violin making for the over 60's ...]

Violin making for the over 60's ...

 

 

Brian Lisus

 

 

[A TWO YEAR VIOLINMAKING SCHOOL?]

  Brian Lisus

 

 

Violin making for the over 60's ...

 

[If you can't use hide glue - what glue is second-best?]

Titebond, you can clean it up with water befrore it dries and it has some give when the wood expands and contracts.

 

 

 

 

 

[float test for specific gravity]

Salve Håkedal, violin maker

 

Violin wood density

" ... a spreadsheet, or the form below can do the maths for us."

 

[Titian mould]

http://strad3d.org/cms/index.php/the-violins

 

Plowden Guarneri ~ Willemotte Stradivari ~ Titian Stradivari

 

 

Titian Stradivari

[What kind of plane do you use for fingerboard work?]

How a Handplane Cuts

 

Learn how a handplane cuts, and how to achieve beautiful, thin shavings with your own tools.

with Garrett Hack

[My Varnish]

burnin down the house  LOL , good one.   Well Fred that looks a lot more sophisticated than my coffe can in a charcoal grill.  I have to make some effort to get a hotplate and some supplies.   I see tube paints, do you put those in your varnish?  I know you mentioned using burn umber

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNnAvTTaJjM

[Clamping Separated Rib Corners from the Outside]

 

#63 Peter K-G

 

Starting first violin - Soundpost help

Started by Kimmo89, Aug 14 2013 04:13 AM

[Clamping Separated Rib Corners from the Outside]

 

http://artisanviolin.com/repairs.html

[Sanding the ends of the soundpost]

Hans Johannsson, 2007-03-25

 

 

[F-Hole sizes]

I would like some advice on the various sizes of F-holes on violins. I know there is not a standard size and it seems most Luthiers decide their own, but what is the minimum and average size of f-holes you have encountered?

I get conflicting information and would appreciate som input.

I am trying to determine if a 5/16" (8mm) ball will fit into all violin f-Holes.

 

Thanks

 

 

[A Fine Balance]

In Golf a raw amateur can beat Tiger Woods.

They have a handicap system that allows everyone in golf to compete with each other.

 

The problem is that if Tiger Woods gives you 36 strokes, you might still loose because of stage freight.

Just the fact that you are playing Tiger Woods is almost a guarantee of failure.

 

Going up against Strad is like that, but with no handicap.

How can you beat a legend.

 

The problem in golf though about the handicap system is that there is no tournament that will spot you 36 strokes, and allow you to play Tiger and then pay you cold hard cash for doing it.  So the future expectations of getting rich are slim.

 

Every maker once they cease to make instruments, would be surprised in a long enough time period if they  could even recognize their own body of work.

It will have morphed into something new.

 

 

So how do you beat a legend in golf or violin making, with no handicap?

With a 2 x 4!

 

 

 

 

 

My hero!

That is a spruce 2 x 4 by the way, and tuned to a high frequency, so you can hear a long loud ring when it bounces off your head, that is being used as an impact hammer.   Just joking, no offense meant to tuning folks.