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Taking an OT topic discussion from here: http://www.maestronet.com/forum/index.php?/topic/333748-soundpost-press-crack-repair/page-4 I am very interested in the when, why and how of repairing 'cheap' violins. If the option is fix to it cheaply...and use it for one more child, or season (or whatever reason) versus throwing it out because it is not worth repairing "properly"...I would opt to fix it cheaply - provided someone is willing to do the work. I started playing the violin in Grade 5, in a school-sponsored strings program, on a very cheap loaner. I graduated to a second very cheap loaner in Junior High, and then upgraded to my very own VSO which my mother had to save up to purchase for me. If I didn't have access to these cheap instruments...I wouldn't have had the opportunity to develop an on-going interest...which I finally was able to actually explore more fully once I was an adult. I also like to learn from the ground up. What can you do to do a functional repair? What do you use and why? What shouldn't you use and why? And...when is a violin worth a decent repair...and when is a violin considered 'trash' and only worth a cheap repair? Finally...when is the violin really past the point of no return and should be thrown out?
