Jim Bress Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 Soon to be siblings. Will you be using the same model? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guy Harrison Posted July 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jim Bress said: Soon to be siblings. Will you be using the same model? Yes, they will both be 1720's Strad models. Quite nice to make them as a pair! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Urban Luthier Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 beautiful! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guy Harrison Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 On 7/18/2020 at 9:43 AM, Urban Luthier said: beautiful! Thank you! I was finishing some antiquing last week on another violin - a close up of the scroll, almost finished. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Urban Luthier Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Love your varnish Guy! looks even more stunning in person! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guy Harrison Posted November 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 Another Stradivari copy- this time a later period - 1720's Stradivari. I'm now making a second version of this model, wth a few changes to the arching. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bodacious Cowboy Posted November 27, 2020 Report Share Posted November 27, 2020 17 minutes ago, Guy Harrison said: Another Stradivari copy- this time a later period - 1720's Stradivari. I'm now making a second version of this model, wth a few changes to the arching. Wow. Stunning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guy Harrison Posted November 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Bodacious Cowboy said: Wow. Stunning. Thank you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andreas Preuss Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 15 hours ago, Guy Harrison said: Another Stradivari copy- this time a later period - 1720's Stradivari. I'm now making a second version of this model, wth a few changes to the arching. Excellent work. Compliments. If I may ask, what are your motives to make changes to the arching(s)? And which changes do you have in mind? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guy Harrison Posted November 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 4 hours ago, Andreas Preuss said: Excellent work. Compliments. If I may ask, what are your motives to make changes to the arching(s)? And which changes do you have in mind? Thanks Andreas. The changes are mostly to the long arch of the front. The original arching of the Stradivari violin I'm copying is quite high in the upper and lower bouts of the front. Some of this is distortion but it was probably made fairly high as well. So for the next violin I'm making now, I've made the arching a little higher in the upper and lower bouts. Still lower than the slightly distorted arching the original violin now has. My motivation is to find an arching that of course I think works well for sound plus one that I feel is close to the arching the original violin may have had when new. These changes are small and I'm only talking about ± 0.5mm but it's noticeable visual difference. I hope that explains my thoughts! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
christian bayon Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 Lovely! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gowan Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 On 11/28/2020 at 12:55 PM, Guy Harrison said: Thanks Andreas. The changes are mostly to the long arch of the front. The original arching of the Stradivari violin I'm copying is quite high in the upper and lower bouts of the front. Some of this is distortion but it was probably made fairly high as well. So for the next violin I'm making now, I've made the arching a little higher in the upper and lower bouts. Still lower than the slightly distorted arching the original violin now has. My motivation is to find an arching that of course I think works well for sound plus one that I feel is close to the arching the original violin may have had when new. These changes are small and I'm only talking about ± 0.5mm but it's noticeable visual difference. I hope that explains my thoughts! Beautiful work. Do you like the sound with the "distorted" arching? Are you experimenting to see what the distortion does to the sound? Would you expect the undistorted original-when-new arching would sound better that the current arching? I don't know what to think about this. If age produced distortion makes a wonderful instrument would it be possible that further age and use would push it over the edge to sounding worse? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J.DiLisio Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 Very nice! The varnish color and wear remind me of the Habeneck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FoxMitchell Posted December 19, 2020 Report Share Posted December 19, 2020 On 8/9/2020 at 3:27 PM, Guy Harrison said: Thank you! I was finishing some antiquing last week on another violin - a close up of the scroll, almost finished. Look at the 'dirt' in that craquelure! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guy Harrison Posted December 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 On 12/19/2020 at 5:43 AM, FoxMitchell said: Look at the 'dirt' in that craquelure! Thanks! I was trying to imitate the very fine craquelure seen on some of Stradivari's instruments. For example: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guy Harrison Posted January 5 Author Report Share Posted January 5 Making some pigments over the holiday break. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rue Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 I just love to see a man busy in the kitchen! Er, I mean the laboratory! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Bress Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Nice color. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guy Harrison Posted January 6 Author Report Share Posted January 6 5 hours ago, Jim Bress said: Nice color. I'll try and post a picture of the finished result! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas Coleman Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 Beautiful work Guy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guy Harrison Posted Sunday at 05:44 PM Author Report Share Posted Sunday at 05:44 PM My latest version of the "Dushkin" Guarneri 1742. Still with some final varnish work to do and adjustment to the set-up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rue Posted Sunday at 06:43 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 06:43 PM Wow! That is gorgeous! Has it already found a good home? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guy Harrison Posted Sunday at 06:48 PM Author Report Share Posted Sunday at 06:48 PM 20 minutes ago, Rue said: Wow! That is gorgeous! Has it already found a good home? Thank you! And yes, with a violinist in Toronto. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rue Posted Sunday at 08:06 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 08:06 PM Excellent! I'd ask who, but realized that everyone I knew, who plays, isn't in TO anymore. I'm sure the new owner is as happy as a tortoise in a bowlful of radicchio! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scordatura Posted Sunday at 08:25 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 08:25 PM Ne plus ultra! Just out of curiosity, how much time would you say that you spent on the antiquing? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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