christian bayon Posted February 27 Report Posted February 27 Started a very fun project, copy of Gioffredo Cappa, a fascinating author!
D. Piolle Posted February 27 Report Posted February 27 1 hour ago, christian bayon said: Started a very fun project, copy of Gioffredo Cappa, a fascinating author! :)
Dr. Mark Posted April 4 Report Posted April 4 Beautiful work - can you show alongside the original, or is that it on the stand in the first photo?
Shelbow Posted April 4 Report Posted April 4 8 hours ago, Dr. Mark said: Beautiful work - can you show alongside the original, or is that it on the stand in the first photo? I'm pretty sure the violin in the first pic is his violin, just at an earlier stage in the varnishing process. If not then someone spent an insane amount of time in finding wood to match so closely.
Brian in Texas Posted April 4 Report Posted April 4 On 2/27/2025 at 12:56 PM, christian bayon said: Started a very fun project, copy of Gioffredo Cappa, a fascinating author! Fascinating. So the back is glued to the rib garland and those (along with the scroll) are both varnished before gluing the top in place? I wouldn't think of doing anything other than varnishing everything all at once, because I'd be afraid of inconsistent results. Beautiful work, by the way.
christian bayon Posted April 30 Author Report Posted April 30 Concluded for the Torino exhibition in few weeks.
David Burgess Posted April 30 Report Posted April 30 On 4/4/2025 at 9:29 AM, Brian in Texas said: Fascinating. So the back is glued to the rib garland and those (along with the scroll) are both varnished before gluing the top in place? I wouldn't think of doing anything other than varnishing everything all at once, because I'd be afraid of inconsistent results. I'm curious about that too. I varnish the entire instrument after it is assembled, as I suspect that our most successful and prolific forbearers did. What are the advantages to varnishing parts separately, assembling them and then trimming them to fit, and then trying to match the varnish on the trimmed pieces to the rest of the instrument?
Davide Sora Posted May 1 Report Posted May 1 16 hours ago, christian bayon said: Concluded for the Torino exhibition in few weeks. Hi Christian, great work as always. About the Turin exhibition you mention, can you tell me what it is about? I have only confused information about it. Is there any useful link to get more precise information? Thanks
christian bayon Posted May 1 Author Report Posted May 1 16 hours ago, David Burgess said: I'm curious about that too. I varnish the entire instrument after it is assembled, as I suspect that our most successful and prolific forbearers did. What are the advantages to varnishing parts separately, assembling them and then trimming them to fit, and then trying to match the varnish on the trimmed pieces to the rest of the instrument? It’s a personal choice, I started to do this way 22 years ago, first to avoid the ghost marks of the glue on the ribs, I put only the ground on the ribs, then on the back, then some varnish and so on. I was a restorer for the main part of my career, I’m use to work on varnished parts. I noticed that when you varnished a complete violin, the varnish induce tensions on the instrument ( one face of the wood with varnish, the other not) in old instruments, this tensions doesn’t exist anymore, because they have been opened, dismounted. Maybe it helps my instrument to be "ready to use" at early stage. I don’t think it’s for all luthiers but it’s comfortable for me.
christian bayon Posted May 1 Author Report Posted May 1 2 hours ago, Davide Sora said: Hi Christian, great work as always. About the Turin exhibition you mention, can you tell me what it is about? I have only confused information about it. Is there any useful link to get more precise information? Thanks It’s for the EILA ( https://www.eila.org.) convention and exhibition in Torino end of Mai
Davide Sora Posted May 1 Report Posted May 1 1 hour ago, christian bayon said: It’s for the EILA ( https://www.eila.org.) convention and exhibition in Torino end of Mai Oh, thanks for the info. So I guess it won't be an event open to the public. In fact, I couldn't find any info about the exhibit on the site you linked.
christian bayon Posted May 1 Author Report Posted May 1 1 minute ago, Davide Sora said: Oh, thanks for the info. So I guess it won't be an event open to the public. In fact, I couldn't find any info about the exhibit on the site you linked. No, only for the members. Some are present in Maestronet.
Davide Sora Posted May 1 Report Posted May 1 6 minutes ago, christian bayon said: No, only for the members. Some are present in Maestronet. Too bad, I think a more open attitude would have been desirable, but I had no hope.
christian bayon Posted May 1 Author Report Posted May 1 It´s a bit complicated to have a lot of people looking at instruments in hand.
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