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A harsh sound is a feature of factory made violins in general. // Manfio
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Yes, it is so true.
What makes a hand-made so "smooth" are much kind attentions have been given to an intstrument,namely check and
check its neck angles, bridges height, strings experiemnents ,and a lot of playings. etc.
My violin (Karl Bauer, #2 model, Germany, 77) was factory
instruemnt but I have its neck anlge and finger board changed,bridge re-cut,sound post adjusted many times. It mellows somewhat almost " equal" to a hand-made except the
stubborn E. The E is not pretty, but bearable. My local luthier casually commented it "Nothing wrong with the sound"
(i.e. no miracle, factory is factory, want a princess? )
and they don't hold
this kind of violins very long when they examine them , I noticed it )
True, I accept what it is a "Bauer" (but it well worths the money I paid for it) I have two better violins to practice.
Thank you everyone for the kind advices and good suggestions.