Don Noon Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 The color appears more yellow/brown, without the red of previous instruments. Is that the photo, or did you do something different with the colors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANFIO Posted September 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Hi Don! Just the ground and first coat of coloured varnish here, the red/brown will come in the second coat. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Absolutely beautiful...again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzottiviolin Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 Good job Manfio, Finally a violin from you!hehehehe! I like the maple, very nice. Bye and hope to see you in Brazil next time I will be there in Sao Paulo, the last time, I was invited to the Opera, and I forget to inform you...sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANFIO Posted September 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 Thanks Rue! Thanks Mazzotti! Hope to meet you here in Sao Paulo soon!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Jacoby Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 Luis, you are a man of action. As nice as ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANFIO Posted September 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2013 Thanks Christopher!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANFIO Posted October 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Hi! Just finished this baby, 16 inches (40.8 cms.), named it "Estampes", the 10th I made with this new model. This time I used a one-piece top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANFIO Posted October 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 [ URL=http://s268.photobucket.com/user/manfio/media/DSC07389.jpg.html][/url] [[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 I love the back. So much character! How does it play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANFIO Posted October 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Thanks Rue! I find it sounds darn good, very similar to the viola "La Mer" picutred above. It is the 10th I make with this new model, two are with principals (Kammerphillharmonie Bremen and Korean Chamber Orchestra), one in the Gewandhaus Leipzig, one with a teacher and soloist in Amsterdam, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Wonderful! Let us know where this beauty finds a home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANFIO Posted October 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Ok! I hope I will take it to NYC in January. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Luis, Just took a tour of this thread and great to see your usual flair and enterprise. I really like the B & W pics as well. They contrast nicely with the gorgeous colour snaps. Did you use any particular 'del Gesu' as a model for the Guanerius fiddle? I enjoyed the Mozart & Frank pieces. Just out of curiosity, how did the Korean Chamber Orchestra violist contact you? Omo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANFIO Posted October 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Ciao Omobono! E lodato sia il N.S.G.C.! Thanks! The violin is inspired in Del Gesù, I wanted to try something different from the Cannone so I used the soundbox of the Lord Wilton, the scroll of the King Joseph and the f holes (parallel f holes) of the Plowden. The parallel f holes (a feature in my violas too) favours the creation of a long and wide plataform in the top, that favours the basses, I think. The Korean Chamber Orchestra came here in Sao Paulo to play (the Korean colony here is huge) and the viola principal Jayyoon Kim emailed me and we met in his hotel. He had just to day to decide about it, quite a nice player, he uses the viola for solo and chamber music too. Do you know him? It is incredible how Koreans love music!!! Hope to visit Korea someday in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Molnar Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 I like the high contrast optical effect that enhances the wood figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Jacoby Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Luis, I'll meet you in Seoul! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Ciao Omobono! E lodato sia il N.S.G.C.! Jayyoon Kim emailed me and we met in his hotel. He had just to day to decide about it. Do you know him? It is incredible how Koreans love music!!! Hope to visit Korea someday in the future. No, but interesting story. I see he has quite a strong profile on Korean websites. Good for him! (Good for you!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANFIO Posted October 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Thanks Omobono! Yes, he is a quite nice player, very active as a soloist, chamber music, teacher, and conducting also, and his orchestra is one of the most famous in Korea. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANFIO Posted November 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2013 I had this idea yesterday. I don't know if it is original, but it helps a lot, no more rib dancing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Goldsmith Strings Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Clever, it's covered by the neck yes? I love your use of locating pins manfio. The pins visible on the backs of your violins just add a bit of a 'hand-made' feel that separates your violins from others, which is something I very much admire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Molnar Posted November 24, 2013 Report Share Posted November 24, 2013 You have to get the wood a bit dark, otherwise it will be difficult to get a dark coloured varnish, you can use very strong tea till get a good colour. You can brush more tea over the flames to enhance them. I use marciana varnish dluted in turpentine, it also helps, again you can brush some of it over the flames to enhance them. But varnishing is a bit impredictable. In some Strads the flames are dark, in others they are not. This goes well with my work, which is not clean and neat, I would use other method if I had a neat and clean work. You can use the alizarin and bone black with other oil varnish. Always make tests. How do you prevent the stain from soaking or wicking into the spruce? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANFIO Posted November 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 This is the lower block, it will be covered by the endpin hole. Michael, it will depend on the spruce... I will use some thinned glue or albumin in the places I see that are absorbing too much stain. Players will not notice that, they judge the overall appearance. But if I had a clean and neat work I would probably not stain the wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANFIO Posted January 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Just finished this 16 inche viola, ˜Cecilia". I will be in NYC from January 21th to February 1st, it will be a pleasure meeting MNers there, I will stay in the Upper West Side. [/url]">http:// [/url]">http:// [/url]">http:// [/url]">http://[ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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