Is this arching wrong ?

[Dr. Mark]

On 11/30/2023 at 2:16 AM, Arsalan said:

I appreciate it if you can tell me , the way this arching looks in this picture, is it wrong ? Is it just too full but not wrong ?

 

On 11/30/2023 at 5:58 AM, Davide Sora said:

...if the violin works well, the arching will be fine too. How the violin works is the fundamental data that is often missing.

 

On 11/30/2023 at 12:20 PM, Nick Allen said:

There really is no wrong arching. There is suboptimal arching for a given piece of wood, but even then the end results are still up to interpretation

 Mr. Sora's and Mr. Allen's replies seem to be the short answer, given that 'sub-optimal' is relative to the absolute best result given the violin design and construction, wood properties as indicated, set-up, and player.

I think the question is actually whether the correct arching, in terms of overall performance and best practice (but I'm guessing that these criteria are what 'wrong' and 'not wrong' refer to), can be deduced from the apparent arching of the violin in the image.  From the above replies, and also if I understand correctly the content of the subsequent 13+ pages of discussion, the most concise answer seems to be 'No'.

[reguz]

I am sure people experiences different A person with long experience as Staffan Borseman has I believe we can trust on. Whet is is doing as he says he activate the dynamic in the violin body. That you can fell playing pizzicato.

I am not a player at all so I must trust what expert say and Staffan is one.

This will not say you are wrong.

[David Burgess]

5 hours ago, reguz said:

I am sure people experiences different A person with long experience as Staffan Borseman has I believe we can trust on. Whet is is doing as he says he activate the dynamic in the violin body. That you can fell playing pizzicato.

I am not a player at all so I must trust what expert say and Staffan is one.

While the dude may be some kind of local hero to you, I don't recall the name ever coming up in my conversations with high-level violinists, restorers, or makers.

But for the sake of fairness and balance, I may be approaching a point where I have forgotten more than I ever knew. I also highly suspect (or assert) that you have reached a stage in which you are catastrophically beyond that point, having surrendered and returned to childlike beliefs.

[martin swan]

Stop the planet! Reguz is getting off …

It all just gets more and more ludicrous - this is not the language of violin-making.

[LCF]

46 minutes ago, David Burgess said:

I may be approaching a point where I have forgotten more than I ever knew. 

Finally, something I have a chance to be better at. 

But don't you find the idea of rubbing all your violins attractive? And it's so cold  where you live the activity will warm you up. 

 

Martin Swan:

"It all just gets more and more ludicrous - this is not the language of violin-making"

Maybe it's the language of love?
https://ylvis.fandom.com/wiki/Kim_the_sea_lion

[David Burgess]

1 hour ago, LCF said:

But don't you find the idea of rubbing all your violins attractive? And it's so cold  where you live the activity will warm you up. 

That's gettin' rather personal, so I'm not sayin' what I rub, nor why.

[uncle duke]

On 12/19/2023 at 3:35 AM, Peter K-G said:

I’m going back to the simple questions. 

 

Which end is the neck?

[LCF]

1 hour ago, David Burgess said:

That's gettin' rather personal, so I'm not sayin' what I rub, nor why.

No trade secrets then?  

[Andreas Preuss]

14 hours ago, reguz said:

I am sure people experiences different A person with long experience as Staffan Borseman has I believe we can trust on. Whet is is doing as he says he activate the dynamic in the violin body. That you can fell playing pizzicato.

I am not a player at all so I must trust what expert say and Staffan is one.

This will not say you are wrong.

Now I am getting really puzzled. According to the Strad magazine Staffan Borseman died in 2014:

https://www.thestrad.com/violinist-and-stringed-instrument-expert-staffan-borseman-has-died-aged-60/5940.article

 

[reguz]

Andreas. I believe you did not get the recording we made when Staffan and I make the changes. Confirm and I send you by mail