Dave Slight Posted March 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 The Gagliano model violin set-up. Really wish I could take better photos with less reflections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Luthier Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 Gorgeous. Love the model and your tasteful interpretation. Varnish is masterful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Preuss Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 On 3/27/2022 at 2:57 PM, Dave Slight said: The Gagliano model violin set-up. Really wish I could take better photos with less reflections. I assume that ‘model’ means not ‘copy’ and therefore the violin should be viewed as such. However, to get just a bit more of ‘Gagliano taste’ I’d recommend to make the purfling the Gagliano way. I wrote an article about it in the STRAD some years ago. You need beech for the whites and parchment for t he blacks. It’s not really not much more work and certainly worth the effort. Otherwise nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slight Posted March 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2022 On 3/28/2022 at 6:30 PM, Urban Luthier said: Gorgeous. Love the model and your tasteful interpretation. Varnish is masterful! Thank you very much On 3/29/2022 at 12:21 AM, Andreas Preuss said: I assume that ‘model’ means not ‘copy’ and therefore the violin should be viewed as such. However, to get just a bit more of ‘Gagliano taste’ I’d recommend to make the purfling the Gagliano way. I wrote an article about it in the STRAD some years ago. You need beech for the whites and parchment for t he blacks. It’s not really not much more work and certainly worth the effort. Otherwise nice job. I often have a problem with instruments termed copies. I regularly see things here in the shop, where it's clear the maker copied nothing, apart from using an outline and soundhole rubbing. That could be a long rant, so I will leave it at that, for now. Because I had access to the original, and have known it for many years, I have therefore copied a significant amount of detail. For my own work, I choose now to use a symmetric outline, and have had to re-engineer the distorted archings of the original, this is why I generally refer to my instruments as models. Since it turned out so well, I'm already starting to make another, and will take your advice on beech purfling. Do you make your purfling flat, or build it up on a curved form? I tend to make my purfling up in large batches, so that I don't have to make any more for a few years, not that it is terribly difficult, but is messy the way I've been doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Preuss Posted March 30, 2022 Report Share Posted March 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Dave Slight said: Do you make your purfling flat, or build it up on a curved form? I cut it always flat for all types of wood. For this purpose I soak 2mm thick wooden boards in water for a prolonged time. I make shavings with a flat angled block plane. For gagliano purflings however I figured that they must have used a slightly different technique with beech wood.If the plane doesn’t run approximately along the fibers it doesn’t cut beech straight with an even thickness. So I take my 2mm board and split it along the grain. Because the split line is never a straight line a block plane is already too big to make shavings. I used a small finger plane (c. 30mm size). After cleaning off the twisted surface the planing goes along the curvy line. It’s really fun. Sometimes you see in gagliano purflings ‘swollen’ sections where you wonder how they came there. With the described technique those ‘swollen’ sections come out naturally and inevitably. (Hope my explanations can be understood) For the blacks I bought stained parchment sheets from Pergameno in the US. Black stained parchment is too dark, grey is perfect as it gets darker under the varnish. For any questions feel free to pm me. ——————- I agree what you say about copies. My saying is A copy is a copy is a copy. looking forward to see your next gagliano model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelbow Posted April 6, 2022 Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 Very nice, love the vibrancy of the varnish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slight Posted April 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 Thanks Sheldon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirteenthsteph Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 Really nice violin... Love the vibrancy of the varnish, looks really tasteful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slight Posted October 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 Just finished the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Stiles Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 That looks really nice Dave. What ground are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bress Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 Very well done as usual. I really like the outline and f’s of this model. N. Amati? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Luthier Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 Beautiful Dave. Looks like a grand Amati. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slight Posted October 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 20 hours ago, Jim Bress said: Very well done as usual. I really like the outline and f’s of this model. N. Amati? 19 hours ago, Urban Luthier said: Beautiful Dave. Looks like a grand Amati. Thanks chaps. Well spotted, it’s based on a Girolamo Amati II, circa 1690-1695. I am fortunate, in that my client was kind enough to loan me the original for a few days, so that I could take patterns and measurements from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slight Posted November 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2022 Half way there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarylG Posted November 14, 2022 Report Share Posted November 14, 2022 Looks great thus far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slight Posted November 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2022 Thanks Daryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelbow Posted December 16, 2022 Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 Yep looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slight Posted December 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 13 hours ago, Shelbow said: Yep looking good! Thank you I should be able to get it polished out and finished in January. Mince pies are currently occupying my time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slight Posted February 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 An Amati model I have just finished, alongside a Girolamo Amati II from c.1695. Just a phone snap, and lots of glare from the showroom lights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Luthier Posted February 20, 2023 Report Share Posted February 20, 2023 They are beautiful Dave! is the viola inspired by the Estense Contralto? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slight Posted February 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2023 This is not, it’s a violin. I haven’t helped you out there, by only showing the back! The patterns were taken directly from an original, which is generally how I do things these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slight Posted February 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Double post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slight Posted June 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2023 One down, one to go. I might need to lower the nut a little bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slight Posted June 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 Rather than bee stings, I seem to have gone for murder hornet stings this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Luthier Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 Very elegant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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