Blogs about: Baroque Instruments
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Springtime, bluebells and baroque violins
This has nothing to do with instrument making, I know, but it has been such a wonderful year for bluebells in Hampshire that I couldn’t resist posting this photograph. I’ve also been enjo… more →
Finely Strung
Springtime, bluebells and baroque violins
Christopher Martyn wrote 2 months ago: This has nothing to do with instrument making, I know, but it has been such a wonderful year for blu … more →
More about the baroque tailpieces
Christopher Martyn wrote 2 months ago: A couple of posts ago, I wrote about making a pair of tailpieces for two violinists who wanted to ch … more →
Tail pieces for a pair of baroque violins
Christopher Martyn wrote 4 months ago: Making Patrick’s cello led to a request to make tail pieces for two violins belonging to musi … more →
Baroque cello finished and sent off to its new owner
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Christopher Martyn wrote 4 months ago: The varnish on the baroque cello eventually got hard enough to let me string up the instrument again … more →
Varnishing
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Christopher Martyn wrote 5 months ago: I’ve made a start on the varnishing, aiming at a warm honey colour for the finished instrument … more →
Cello in the white
Christopher Martyn wrote 5 months ago: The cello is now finished, although not yet varnished. I made a short fingerboard and a tailpiece ou … more →
A front for the cello
Christopher Martyn wrote 5 months ago: The front, like the back, is made from two book-matched pieces – but this time of spruce rather tha … more →
Cello back
Christopher Martyn wrote 5 months ago: The starting point for the back was two pieces of nicely figured book-matched maple. I glued them … more →
Fitting the neck
Christopher Martyn wrote 6 months ago: Unlike modern cellos, which have their necks morticed into the top block, baroque cello necks are si … more →
Baroque cello update
Christopher Martyn wrote 7 months ago: It has been a shamefully long time since I wrote my last post and I apologise to anyone who has been … more →
Baroque cello
Christopher Martyn wrote 9 months ago: A friend of mine, a writer by trade, but also a talented amateur musician, has asked me to make him … more →
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