e.veldt violins

[eliseveldt]

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[Brian in Texas]

Elise, looking good! I’ve seen your work on Reddit before, glad to see you here, too.

[ChrisBk]

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[eliseveldt]

On 3/19/2025 at 4:19 PM, ChrisBk said:

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[MikeC]

On 3/18/2025 at 12:38 AM, Brian in Texas said:

Elise, looking good! I’ve seen your work on Reddit before, glad to see you here, too.

is there a violin build thread on reddit?  do you have a link?  

[Brian in Texas]

1 hour ago, MikeC said:

is there a violin build thread on reddit?  do you have a link?  

It’s on https://www.reddit.com/r/violinmaking/

It seems the OP of this thread nuked their thread and deleted what’s here, for some reason?

[MikeC]

46 minutes ago, Brian in Texas said:

It’s on https://www.reddit.com/r/violinmaking/

It seems the OP of this thread nuked their thread and deleted what’s here, for some reason?

Thanks!  Another violin site to browse.     

Yeah, I think I saw the original post before it was taken down but I don't remember now.   

[eliseveldt]

 

[eliseveldt]

made this violin peg from french boxwood

[Brian in Texas]

It's very graceful looking. I've done a bit of wood turning before, I know how hard it is to make something look that effortless.

[games2gamers]

On 6/10/2025 at 5:05 AM, eliseveldt said:

made this violin peg from french boxwood

Looks very good, exquisite yet sturdy, thanks for sharing.

[eliseveldt]

klingenthal inspired violin ready with verneerd fingerboard

[eliseveldt]

[Shelbow]

Nice stuff, looks great.

Are you planning on adventuring towards more coloured varnishes in the future?

 

[Brian in Texas]

The inlay work is really lovely.

[eliseveldt]

4 hours ago, Shelbow said:

Nice stuff, looks great.

Are you planning on adventuring towards more coloured varnishes in the future?

 

ive wanted to do red for a while but im  not satisfied with the tests ive did on scrapwood. when i find the confidence i will try. 

 

thankyou

[eliseveldt]

1 hour ago, Brian in Texas said:

The inlay work is really lovely.

thankyou, im glad its worth the neck pain

[eliseveldt]

any opinions on the corners?  im not really following a particular design 

[Wood Butcher]

It depends on what you are hoping to achieve, personally I find them quite stunted and wide.

[eliseveldt]

47 minutes ago, Wood Butcher said:

It depends on what you are hoping to achieve, personally I find them quite stunted and wide.

ive did small corners before but i read somewhere 6mm is normal so i tried this size this time. probaly could shape them a bit  still

[Davide Sora]

5 hours ago, eliseveldt said:

any opinions on the corners?  im not really following a particular design 

For me, the tips of the purfling get too close to the end of the corners. The purfling tips are a bit short, but may be fine; the edge corners are too short and truncated, and their curves end too soon. The only advantage is that they will certainly be of little impediment to the violinist's bow. In ancient instruments, the purfling-to-corner distance is often zeroed, but because their edge are very worn or destroyed by the bow. 

Just an example to illustrate what I mean. Of course, the models are quite different, and I don't know the one you were inspired by.

 

[bluemountainfiddles]

5 hours ago, eliseveldt said:

any opinions on the corners?  im not really following a particular design 

My opinion is.... don't ask for anyone else's opinion.

You've got a unique style going here and I think you should go with it. Don't change a thing. Just follow your own inner voice, desire and imagination. I think the violin world needs something new, creative and fresh, which you are clearly demonstrating here.

I love that scroll. It's beautiful and unique.

Follow your inner voice because it's clearly leading you down an interesting and worthwhile road.

[eliseveldt]

6 hours ago, Davide Sora said:

For me, the tips of the purfling get too close to the end of the corners. The purfling tips are a bit short, but may be fine; the edge corners are too short and truncated, and their curves end too soon. The only advantage is that they will certainly be of little impediment to the violinist's bow. In ancient instruments, the purfling-to-corner distance is often zeroed, but because their edge are very worn or destroyed by the bow. 

Just an example to illustrate what I mean. Of course, the models are quite different, and I don't know the one you were inspired by.

 

that photo is a really good refrence, im gonna steal your look next time if you dont mind. thanks for the feedback!

[Davide Sora]

3 hours ago, eliseveldt said:

that photo is a really good refrence, im gonna steal your look next time if you dont mind. thanks for the feedback!

Go ahead. Of course, the shapes of the corners must be harmonized with the rest of the model, so as not to end up with a Frankenstein look.  Then, the originality of your work remains an aspect that should not be overlooked, at least in my opinion (I don't make copies or antiquing). For example, the shape of the Cs of your violins is quite open and more reminiscent of Del Gesù than Stradivari. The C in my photo is clearly of Stradivarian derivation. 

This is a Del Gesù-inspired lower corner.

 

[Shunyata]

In making your edge scoop for the Del Gesu plate, I see that you go right up to the edge.  Presumably rounding comes after this.  Does this make it very difficult to control the thickness of the final peak (sharp crease between the round and the scoop)?

I take my scoop to about 1.5mm from the edge, then make the rounding meet this edge, with some final carving to fine tune the edge.   This seemed like a logical way to control the edge dimensions.  
 

I am also self taught, so maybe this is a bad way?  My edges generally wind up looking too shallow to me.