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See, I genuinely like Edgar Russ and his videos and I see nothing wrong with his processes (and by the way, what he's doing with his videos is not to be compared with Davide Sora and Davide's absolute service to humanity as he shares his processes and techniques). I don't know the trade like a lot of you here do, but Edgar's just great entertainment and you'll learn something, absolutely true if you're a beginner, and it's SAFE to be learning from him. Probably not everything is done the same way by everyone but he's not a charlatan. I must say this: I like the idea of violin varnish cologne much better than I like the idea of a transcendent and eternal romance between...a couple of kids and some trees and a Master Luthier...made into a book. May I refer you here: https://www.amazon.com/Trees-Luthiers-Diary-Kevin-Luthier/dp/0970491344 and to this delectable quote: Critics have referred to "Two Trees" as "Very hot, yet clean and morally uplifting." How can anyone resist?

He's hilarious. Come on. You don't love that "hello hello"? OK. As you know I don't mind being out on a limb even about important things like this. My husband occasionally threatens to purchase VIOLIN, Edgar's signature cologne. I'm not sure about how I'd like that. But I like Edgar Russ.

Purportedly that mold (for the Mahler) was apparently used once. There's a reason for that. But that's not all of Stradivari's violas. You may have to make the arch flatter if you have really high sides, and think a lot about player comfort too. The air volume thing. Viola makers play with dimensions a lot to get what they want. As a beginner it might be a difficult task to model off of an original that wasn't a successful model. I certainly wish you a lot of luck and learning with this project though!! Do you plan to use poplar? You may find this useful if you had not seen it. https://authenticatela.com/2019/09/04/1672-gustav-mahler-stradivari-viola/

My husband made a series of willow cellos that went to Clare Givens. They sounded fine and were pretty and he had said the willow was pretty easy to work. Also, early on he used some poplar offcuts from a pipe organ factory he worked at. The wood was fine (and free) and the instruments were fine.

Both are really pretty good but I can't be the only one who loves Edgar Russ's instructional videos. And his kid's awesome editing skills. And Edgar's occasional passionate cursing in what is probably his 4th language, which is endearing as it can be. I would choose Edgar's work just on the cult of personality reason.

Apparently I am more out of the loop than I thought. Did someone find evidence of varnish spraying, power tool usage and the markings of CNC production on some golden period Stradivaris? Dang, that means a few million attic Strads just drastically increased in value. This will be very disruptive for the industry. I know I've been gone a long time but I figured even I'd hear about something like that.

Definitely true. The highly rated Romanian suppliers who are active through facebook are his current favorite.

I'm fluent in womanese thus can comment on this topic. I'll be skulking back into oblivion shortly, but I know what i know. Also, apropos of this week's discussion, not telling likes Cormac McCarthy. I don't see how someone wouldn't.

Nah, it's womanese.

I'll miss him. We talked a lot about violin materials and coatings. I feel lucky to have known him at all. I think it would be awesome if someone would tragancanth the inside of the plates of the memorial violin. He would have liked that idea.

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What about diatomaceous earth sprinkled all over the case? Perfectly nontoxic and extremely effective, cheap, and simple solution.

I'll have some.

Ah. Now I remember why I liked it here so much. More threads like this and I might come back. Yup. That's a threat.

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