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I feel that I've just hit the point of my making where I actually wouldn't feel bad about selling the instruments from this point forward. The issue is that it took a number of instruments to get to this point. At the time, I thought each was good, but looking at those starters I feel embarrassed. My spouse says they look and sound fine to her and to sell them cheap or donate to a school. However, I'm also looking at trying to build recognition at some point and would not want the earliest instruments to be an indication of my improving efforts. The other thought I had was, disassemble them and perhaps salvage what is possibly re-usable and burn the rest of the material. Or if the ribs garland and back plate were decent enough to toss only the top plate into the fire. How did you handle your earliest builds back at the beginning? Perhaps I'm being too "perfectionist" oriented and the donation or cheap starter instrument approach would be acceptable? Likely in another 10 years, I'd want to toss my existing efforts into the fire as well, so at some point I need to just move forward. -
Dear Moderator, Not sure if this is the right forum for my question, if not could you please point me to the appropriate place for advice. I have a high school child who plays AMEB grade six violin. She has decided that she wants to make her own violin, especially wants to carve her own table and back, so a pre made kit will not do. She is very adept at arts and craft in general but has very little woodworking experience. My question is: what general woodworking skills are necessary before embarking on a first violin, and would it be practical to pick them up in the process of making a violin or are they needed before starting? She is the sort of child that will see the project through once started.
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