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Received my copy quickly and it's a very nice reasonably priced book. The author certainly deserves some $ for all that illustrative work, well done!

I ordered a copy to go along with my C&J book. Thanks for the link.

Hi, I bought the same set of Karlsson gouges that Jackson Maberry has. You could inquire with him he could give you more info. I liked them but I liked the old set of Dastra gouges from Diefenbacher better which are no longer available. I'm in the PNW.

I now have a set of gouges, Thanks!

I sold off my Dastra & Karlsson scroll gouge sets and now have a need to carve one more violin scroll... Does anyone have a set they would like to sell, rent, trade or loan? -Much Appreciated

Still keeping a watchful eye...

Contact Geogina head of fittings at Roger Hansell violins. She can make the pegs to your desired dimensions. They are high quality fittings and superbly finished. If you need to turn small diameter pegs you can make a peg shaver from a hardwood block and plane iron. Drill a hole in the block then ream hole to desired diameter. The small end of my reamer is 5.15mm. I use a LN 62 thick plane iron blade, cost now is $65.00. Any hardwood block will work, mine are bubinga. https://www.lie-nielsen.com/products/low-angle-jack-plane-blade?path=lie-nielsen-replacement-blades&node=4104

I use a viola fingerboard and a 44mm bridge on my 5 string fiddles. Here is an arching bridge template I use to set string heights on my 5 string fiddles. It closely matches that of Jon Cooper's bridge arching. You can view his bridge on page 15 in this article. https://arrow.tudublin.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1064&context=appadoc

I'd scrap it too, spruce is cheap enough.

Thank you Conor!!

An ambitious maker that I stumbled across is building a copy, including the original tuners! https://paulfremantleluthier.substack.com/p/starting-a-new-instrument-a-sultana?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web John Keneth Rice-Life of Thomas Perry.pdf

Starting my final build, another Sultana. I have some unusually figured chocolate bigleaf from the Wood Well that I've been saving. The back is slab cut and quilted. I cut the ribs on the quarter and I especially like the wild grain. The neck is from the same block and will show both quilt and quarter figure. Should be an intersting fiddle to look at...and play! lt'll be more challenging now having just a small corner to work and having sold off all but the nessesary tools. Hopefully will finish this one by spring.This maple is naturally darker so varnishing will be easier, similar to using torrefied wood where the color is completly through the wood and not surface oxidation.

Solid advice Davide

Very true, I don't know but I like where it is now. Thanks again Brad!

Perfect , I didn't think to check Strobels "Useful Measurements" book. I'm working on a friends 7/8 Mirecourt fiddle and it measures 27. Amazing the neck hasn't dropped in all this time. I'm guessing 1920-30's. My friend purchased it in New Zealand when she was 13 and never played it. Looking at the finger board someone sure played the heck out of it. Thanks for your help!