Do you build Bergonzi?

[Aston4]

My word... I cannot find the words.  Wonderful... Wundershoen

[christian bayon]

Suite.

[Mark Norfleet]

Great work as always!

It does need some rosin dust and fingerprints though...

 

[christian bayon]

Some details.

[joerobson]

EXCELLENT

[JacksonMaberry]

Incroyable! 

The only thing that looks different to me is the button geometry, with the original being a near perfect circle and yours being slightly ovoid (I am accounting for the wear) but I don't think that matters at all. Thank you for sharing, I bet it sounds even better than it looks.

[christian bayon]

concluded

[joerobson]

Excellent

[Davide Sora]

@christian bayon

Nice!

What type of wood are the fittings? Tamarind?

[christian bayon]

Thank you , it’s rosewood by Bois d’Harmonie.

[Michael Appleman]

Beautiful work, as usual, Christian!

I'm curious, do you apply a full colour coat, then strip most of it in the antiquing process, or do you apply colour sparingly to get the final effect you achieve?

[christian bayon]

On 6/11/2024 at 11:48 AM, Michael Appleman said:

Beautiful work, as usual, Christian!

I'm curious, do you apply a full colour coat, then strip most of it in the antiquing process, or do you apply colour sparingly to get the final effect you achieve?

There is no antiquing process, it’s fully varnished, including on the edges, same thickness everywhere. It’s only the colour variation.

[Michael Appleman]

41 minutes ago, christian bayon said:

There is no antiquing process, it’s fully varnished, including on the edges, same thickness everywhere. It’s only the colour variation.

Understood. Bravo for such a subtle and beautiful result.

[christian bayon]

Thank you 

[christian bayon]

Back to my favourite inspiration.

[JacksonMaberry]

Really top notch, as usual sir. Congratulations.

[David Burgess]

On 6/13/2024 at 3:17 AM, christian bayon said:

There is no antiquing process, it’s fully varnished, including on the edges, same thickness everywhere. It’s only the colour variation.

Couldn't a color variation with the same varnish thickness be considered to be an "antiquing" process?

May we presume that makers like Stradivari and Guarneri maintained the same color intensity all the way through the upper varnish film, so that as the film thickness increased, color intensity also increased? And isn't that mostly what we still see today in examples with haven't been phucked with too much?

[christian bayon]

18 minutes ago, David Burgess said:

Couldn't a color variation with the same varnish thickness be considered to be an "antiquing" process?

May we presume that makers like Stradivari and Guarneri maintained the same color intensity all the way through the upper varnish film, so that as the film thickness increased, color intensity also increased? And isn't that mostly what we still see today in examples with haven't been phucked with too much?

Yes, I was just pointing that I don’t make artificial marks or wearing on the edges for exemple, but colour variations can be considered as antiquing. For me it’s a way to give life what I’m not able with a very uniform varnish.

[joerobson]

On 3/13/2024 at 10:31 AM, christian bayon said:

Suite.

Gorgeous