Why Does YOUR Violin Have This EDGE?

[@EricGFoster]

This video is bloody brilliant. Thanks.

[@elenamombelli1346]

A surprising interesting detail I didn’t know that even this apparently unimportant detail has it’s reason. Thanks Edgar ❤

[@thanapatsongsaeng5823]

Interesting

[@V-oe9zr]

Lovely

[@christiankunze1523]

Lieber Herr Russ, super erklärt, sage ich auch mal als ehemaliger Tischler, Schreiner! Ich wünsche noch eine schöne Advents -zeit. Liebe Grüße aus Weimar Christian 😊

[@iggyzorro2406]

great information. thank you.

[@Duncan-Mac-Raven]

Actually, I've been subscribed for a few weeks now. 😊

[@riangarianga]

Thank you! This was very interesting and informative.

[@gregmonks]

The edge is also handy for disassembling the tweedle fiddle. Have you ever made a 5-string piccolo violin? Tuned F C G D A? Allows for music in regular violin pitch.

[@Ofearghail7]

Hi Edger, here's a strange question for you. Do finer grained timbers shrink less than wider grains under the same conditions?

[@Maxime_Ayrault_de_Saint-Henis]

Yes

[@twokool4skool129]

Why don't viols have that lip? I've never had an issue with the surfaces becoming uneven due to shrinking or expanding on my viol.

[@DSteinman]

I wonder if it's an issue over many, many decades, I'd be curious if antique viols had the issue, and the feature was later designed into the violin family to prevent it. Jusy speculating but I'd love to know!

[@earFront]

thanx 4 the info. 😸

[@LordCarmesimXXVII]

Where I live it's always 75-100% humidity. So at home, I keep my violins in room with a dehumidifier always working , around 49% humidity. The violins are only exposed to the climate's humidity when leaving the house for rehearsals and performances, so, only for a few hours. This way I can prevent the lowering of the fingerboard. But could this routine be harmful for the violin in the long run?

[@Matt_IsaBird]

It's not really the humidity that harms an instrument, It's the quick change in humidity that can cause problems. You should ease the violin into the more humid outside or keep a dehumidifier in your case. You can use silica gel packets found in furniture packaging. But keep the violin in the case for as long as possible when outside or in a humidity room, so the violin can get used to the climate more slowly.

[@nickiemcnichols5397]

When I go to a drier climate, I put a small orange in my case. When I get home, I eat the orange.

[@LordCarmesimXXVII]

@@Matt_IsaBird Yes, humidity is not harmful, but prolonged humidity will make your fingerboard go down.

[@Gonzalo_Chalo_Luthier]

👏 i read somewhere that the old instruments which survived better whit the years were the thicker ones, basses especially... that said ¿Have you considered to act in a movie, theather or stand up? I see talent to entertain there 👏👏 😂

[@ghlscitel6714]

Hide glue has been used already by the old Egyptians and some things are still holding today.