Fixing A Broken Neck On An Old Violin / Re-Pocketing and Re-Mortising: Start to Finish!

[@sauravrao234]

The Two Trees is the most emotional, beautiful and soul touching love story i have ever read. Love and admiration from India 🇮🇳

[@WEdHarris]

You are a true Master Sir! Thank you for this video!

[@thomascumpston2338]

Really enjoyed the video, as an amateur maker and repairer I enjoy watching how professionals make repairs. I also appreciated that you sped up the video for the non essential stuff and slowed it down when it mattered. Would never have thought to use willow at the neck root. Thanks for sharing your Skills and Knowledge.

[@ny10980]

What an honor AGAIN, to watch your masterful craftsmanship bring another instrument from it's apparent grave. And all in under 9 minutes... 😉!! Thanks...until next time...

[@kevinleeluthier]

I just wish that I could do it in 9 minutes! I think it took around 9 hours just to make and edit the video! Yet, like a fine violin, a video can live forever! :) Thanks for watching!

[@youngbloodbear9662]

You’re something of an expert with broken necks

[@kevinleeluthier]

I suppose that I might be considered an expert after breaking my neck twice and my mid and lower spine in 8 different places. = Not something to brag about, though. Thanks for watching!

[@davidbrandt6925]

You brought it back to life! Bravo!

[@machanrahan1074]

Great to see you!!!😀

[@jub8891]

great work! im amazed that glue is pretty much what holds the neck to the box.. whoever originally designed the violin knew what they were doing..

[@lucyanomoreira6692]

Amo seus vídeos!!! Trás tranquilidade!!! Obrigado… 👏🏻

[@dalepiwek]

Phenomenal Mr.Lee thank you

[@12apidxHDxGamerx]

Hey Kevin, I just wanted to express how much I appreciate your teachings and the passion you bring to music! Your insights have truly enhanced my understanding. I’m curious about the 'romantic school of music' you often mention. It seems like a unique concept that you’ve developed, but I couldn't find much historical record about its origins in 1715. The Romantic period of music started around 1830, furthermore the school seems to be largely based around Paganini and his teachings yet he wasn't born until 1782. Could you share more about that? Thanks for all you do! I do enjoy your teachings and find them helpful but you speak with authority on the historical matters and I am having a hard time understanding where this is coming from. thanks!

[@anjinsanx44]

Master player and craftsmen!😊

[@kevinleeluthier]

Luthier, yes, player = I'm beginning to work on it again! Thanks for watching!

[@youngbloodbear9662]

KEVIN! I hope you’re well, excited yo see another video

[@Hunterk_10]

Magical!

[@AlokBharti-Caracas]

Great! Who is great? Violin Maker or Violin Player!

[@ChrisEbbrsen]

I thought maple was used for violin necks? I do not begrudge willow, as I know Stradivari used it in liners and blocks of his instruments. I applaud your masterful repair of your clients violin. My dad was a sailboat and drift boat builder, so I appreciate fine carpentry. Your work is brilliant! Thank you!😅

[@kevinleeluthier]

Yes, maple is used to make the necks themselves. Willow is just used for the blocks, or to replace parts of the blocks. In this case the mortise of the block. My father loved to make boats also! :)

[@goodgoyim9459]

Hello Kevin, what color/dye do you recommend to blend in with the glue for repairs and also when can we expect a full bow rehair tutorial? Any way I could donate for the content you provide? Thank you for everything.

[@kevinleeluthier]

2 droppers of Beige 3/4 droppers of Gray of Dr. PH Martin's Synchromatic Transpartent = it's all listed in my video about glue. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnbNooytjKaMldk Re-hairing a bow is still on my HUGE list of videos to make. There's so much more to doing it properly than meets the eye, and I want to do it right. The easiest way to donate and help this cause is at: www.the-romantic-school-of-music.com/RSOM_Store/RSOM_Store.htm Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@jdsimons3222]

Ah, the sweet sound of the button NOT breaking.

[@kevinleeluthier]

Yes, indeed! :)

[@jdsimons3222]

@@kevinleeluthier why willow?

[@wannabecat369]

​@@jdsimons3222Maybe flexibility, and also maybe it sticks to the glue nicely.

[@kevinleeluthier]

@@jdsimons3222 When properly chosen and aged, willow is extremely stable, quite tough and has no distinct grains. Which means that It carves wonderfully and then holds the neck evenly on all the surfaces, and all parts of those surfaces from all directions. On top of that, Hans Weisshaar (one of the greatest repair men of all time) told me to use it :) Thanks for watching!

[@kevinleeluthier]

@@wannabecat369 That's true too. Thanks for the comment!

[@mellissadalby1402]

You definitely have some serious Luthier chops I would say. Of course that is obvious from the instruments that you have made before, but repair is a slightly different discipline, isn't it? I think it can be harder to undo mistakes that had been made on an older instrument that was repaired "cheaply".

[@kevinleeluthier]

So true. It's so much easier to make an instrument, or parts of it, than to repair them! :)

[@tenestetubo]

Just so you know, you are reattaching a piece. or like you say Repocketing, so it is not really a broken neck. That will be something I love to see how u do it

[@montylatham739]

Thank you for the repair lesson. My grandpa's old violin is like that one only all over. It's not a master built violin but its precious to me. Your video helps give me the confidence to start. Thank you so much.

[@jimbelle3087]

Good grief, who ever glued that neck joint had no business touching that poor violin. I'm surprised that joint held as long as it had.

[@jmegown52302]

Is that a German violin?

[@deadmanswife3625]

Never