Detail Pix

[Michael Darnton]

Had a visitor in the Darnton & Hersh shop this week, and I shot a bunch of photos of details that interested me.

Thanks, Jason.

[Berl Mendenhall]

Great shots, I like all but especially the corner ones. Are there more?

[Michael Darnton]

That's all. I spent most of my time drooling.

[colledge]

thanks for sharing, michael

[Carl Stross]

What violin is that ? Famous one ?

[Michael_Molnar]

Lovely varnish. Flat f-holes. Graceful bee-stings. Artful edge work. Thanks!

Stay Tuned.

Mike

[Janito]

Had a visitor in the Darnton & Hersh shop this week,

Would you please provide some background on the violin, if possible.

[NewNewbie]

Would you please provide some background on the violin, if possible.

In the background is a picture of Jascha Heifetz.

Does that help? :blink:

Oh you weren't asking what the background was!!!!

Thanks Michael for the superb photos!!!

[Janito]

Does that help?

Only if it is a violin associated with JH. The clue may be in the "Me and Her".

[Michael Darnton]

That's Mrs. Blunt's fiddle.

[Addie]

Wow. Beyond fabulous.

[Janito]

Graceful bee-stings.

To me these particular bee-stings don't look very graceful, and the corner short shows marked discontinuity between the spruce forming the channel and the purfling forming the mitre.

These high-mag photos are mind-expanding when they show the Emperor's clothes.

[chronos]

That's Mrs. Blunt's fiddle.

I'd call you lucky, but nobody gets to work on these kinds of instruments by matter of luck.

More info on Tarisio's website: Lady Blunt pictures and article.

[Janito]

These high-mag photos are mind-expanding when they show the Emperor's clothes.

And I see lots of flat surfaces on the "rounded" edges. The shot of the corner coming out of the photo is fantastic (underedge 8).

[Michael Darnton]

I'd call you lucky, but nobody gets to work on these kinds of instruments by matter of luck.

Not work on in this case, just held and got to take photos. This one hasn't needed work in about 40 years. I'd call me lucky, too.

[Michael Darnton]

To me these particular bee-stings don't look very graceful, and the corner short shows marked discontinuity between the spruce forming the channel and the purfling forming the mitre.

These high-mag photos are mind-expanding when they show the Emperor's clothes.

This is the violin of someone who doesn't need to prove anything to anyone. He's not making plastic telephones, and he's not worried about winning contests. It's pure and honest and a great piece of art, not an illustration for a fashion magazine. Whenever I see a real violin, I'm always reminded of this photo of Picasso drawing in persistence of vision with a flashlight:

[Janito]

This is the violin of someone who doesn't need to prove anything to anyone.

Absolutely.

And Art does not require micrometer precision, and it is not necessary to say that it is always wonderful.

[actonern]

What a week this has been for photos!

Thanks a million Michael.

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[Berl Mendenhall]

That's all. I spent most of my time drooling.

I wish, as I'm sure others here do, you could have had all day to take pictures of this wonderful violin. Thank you for the photos. We're all envious.

Berl

[DarylG]

Thanks for sharing Michael! Cheers,

[Jack Rushing]

Had a visitor in the Darnton & Hersh shop this week, and I shot a bunch of photos of details that interested me.

Thanks, Jason.

Thanks Michael. Great shots of a fine looking violin. Appears to be in great shape, almost like new.

Good shot of yourself too.

[JimMurphy]

That's one pretty little Lady!

Thanks,

Jim

[David Burgess]

Thanks, Michael.

More info and photos here:

http://www.cozio.com/Instrument.aspx?id=289

The sale is supposed to go toward disaster relief in Japan. It will be interesting to see what it goes for... maybe a public auction record?

Check out Reunings blurb on the site, suggesting it's the next best thing to the "Messiah".

[chronos]

Check out Reunings blurb on the site, suggesting it's the next best thing to the Messiah.

You can read the whole thing here.

[actonern]

It really looks in "corner 2" photo that Stradivari relied quite heavily on mastic to finish (at least that) corner.

The purfling looks highlighted in a different gloss than the mastic, revealing what looks like a pretty pedestrian joint, wonderfully finished with the additional putty...

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