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Is it possible to make untraditional colors of violin varnish (like purple or blue) without risking the sound quality of the instrument? If my pigments contain metal will it make the violin sound muted or harsh?

I tried a strange thing today.Plasticene. It does not stick to pegs but some of it gets in the wood grains in the pegbox.Now it has lost the sudden tight then loose feeling .It feels more Lethargic. What a lovely word .I use peg goo as well but the slower action from a tiny bit of plasticene is really good .

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Never say “impossible”. I would agree that right now there’s no substitute for human craftsmanship in making a superior violin. A master luthier uses hand tools like chisels and scrapers to work with the grain of the wood, always keeping the sound it will make in mind. A CNC router pays no attention to the grain or the sound and literally chops the pieces out of a block. But in the future, new automated carving technology will be used along with artificial intelligence to simulate what a craftsman does and even thinks. But you’re probably safe for the time being. The cost of developing such technology is probably too high compared to the market for such instruments.

Thanks again Edgar for a great video

Wonderful, do you play ?

What I'm curious about is HOW dealers ever SELL such high priced instruments when the ratio of violinist production to violin production must be relatively low AND the wages of the average violinist have remained relatively STATIC.

Shellac is a great finish, no matter what happens, it can be repaired.. but if color is needed you need an alcohol dissolvable dye. I'm trying to learn as much as i can about all this

I really enjoyed listening about both concepts. Being 56 yrs old, there is just not enough time I don't think to learn what a master maker has to learn so this CNC concept is very appealing. I am sure as technology gets even better and with certain maker knowledge that a really good instrument can be made this way. However, nothing will ever replace a true master maker and John was quick to point that out. The difference is every piece of wood is different and a a maker makes all of these subtle adjustments along the way to get to the finished piece and learning this could take a life time.

Is that an octobass in the background?

Thank you for taking the time to post these videos and share your knowledge.

Hello dear man. I want to consult you please. How high should the fingerboard be on a violin? at the end of the handle. On the fingerboard side, if at the end of the fingerboard the height of my fingerboard is 1.9 mm from the face of the violin.?

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Any practical tips on how to lower the action on a violin by 3 to 4mm?

Money is just a promise and you can keep making promises till the cows come home. But you can't make more land, or Stradivarii

I have a decent student violin that I installed geared pegs. I removed the composite fine tuning tailpiece for an Ebony tailpiece without tuners. It sounds much better. The geared pegs didn’t seem to effect the sound that much.

Finally Edgar made a positioning video i can finally have less excuses for my bad violin playing.

Edgar, I know a violinist in Baltimore the in the early 90’s had a Guarneri del Gesu. I got to hold it a couple times. She picked it up in the late 1980’s it was insured for $750,000 US at the time. I’m guessing it’s worth 10M plus today. I’m guessing she doesn’t play it anymore.

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Hi Edgar, is there any test that can be made to determine the sound quality of a violin? Seems to me that until there is a scientific method to determine violin sound quality, all subjective methods are suspect.

God you are annoying.

If I remeamber well, there is a Guarneri name and also a.Guarnieri. saludo cordial

I know for sure never mix water with oil, even if sound improves (i cant hear any difference on my 10 bucks speakers) i wont use it, my reason, wood moves along with moisture and temperature, but titanium mades this different, "The net effect on the wood would depend on the specific size of the hole and rod, but generally, the difference in expansion rates between the titanium and the wood is likely to induce tension on the wood, as it would try to stretch or adjust to accommodate the rod's slight expansion. If the hole is tight enough or the temperature change is significant enough, the wood might experience stress, either from compression or tension, depending on the relative expansion of the materials."

I have the good fortune of owning a Guarneri violin it's an instrument that has been in the family for well over 250 years. I am but an amateur violin player myself and alas, I have never really mastered holding the instrument correctly. As a direct result of this lack of technique, one unfortunate day last week, the violin fell from my shoulder and struck the kitchen floor - I was playing to entertain my hunting dogs (I was playing my version of a rather charming Taylor Swift song: ‘I just came from my plane what just crashed down’). The instrument was barely scratched (a lick of paint should well hide the damage); however, the sound post lost its placing and rolled around inside the body of the violin. Fortunately, my local plumber - also an amateur violinist - who was working on my kitchen sink when the accident occurred, was able to coax the sound post back into place using just two lengths of string tired at each end of the sound post. Well, the instrument never sounded better after his intervention! My plumber suggested that to permanently seat the sound post, perhaps a spot of super glue on both ends of the post would be a splendid idea - what say you Mr Russs? 🎻

Do electric violins have sound posts? I hope I do not offend with this question. Liked.

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I had violin too much height didn't produce violin sound it was noise

It has a lot to do with the altitude of the tree found. Higher altitude would has a better resonance.

There is no calibrated player to make such a detailed examination of the sound characteristics to this fine level of scrutiny. All subjective. Not to complain about the violinist but if the bow is not exactly perpendicular to the string when played then sound power and frequency content is lost. Also at this fine level of scrutiny, even the player or luthier cannot remember in time what they heard over such a long time span to compare properly. Again, all subjective. A better measurement would be a vibrational analysis on the two bridges (both propery fitted) with 3-axis vibration transducers under the feet, gage R&R the bow, and analyse FFT the data by overlaying runs the two to compare the difference. Take the many other variables of the violin out of the evaluation.

Several years ago, violinist Rachel Barton Pine was flying to Albuquerque from Chicago and ended up sleeping on the airport floor because the American Airlines pilot wouldn't let her board, even though she'd traveled with them before. As a result, she missed some scheduled events here, including a rehearsal with the local orchestra. So it's not just the budget airlines. It is, as pointed out, a matter of ego on the part of the airline staff. ("I don't care if you have a mjulti-million dollar instrument--It's going as baggage. And for good measure, we'll make sure the baggage handlers toss it!")

They didn't improve violin they tuned it for 400 and damaged the nut. I believe they are not fitted to do that job. But if its hobby then dont ask 400.

I preferred the wood endpin's sound over the titanium. It made me research my cello endpin and peg.

Thanks for shearing. I wold like you to tell us your thinking about "il cannone", in relation to it's thicknes, top and back. Thanks very much again.

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I like the hammering of iron coat hanger idea. Wish i had known about this back in 1970. I set my soundpost with yarn or dental floss like the gypsys and it works out fine. I dont like to scar up my f holes. Could you discuss the grain of the soundpost and how to keep it 90 degees from top plate grain? Thanks!

I totally agree! Mr.Russ. could you talk about Swiss Stone Pine sound post? Ive heard it is sonically superior. But no one in my area stocks swiss stone pine. They argue the altitude its grown at is not practical for selling to cus t omers.

I was taught not to have leaning tower of pizza soundpost. But have on occasion had a leaning soundpost with decent sound. It bothered me so i straithened it up. Im glad i did. My next experiment: rosewood or willow soundpost. I may never get around to it but would like to have one just to see if makes difference.