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Mirecourt violin repair - gluing cracks
With spool clamps made the next job was to begin the process of gluing the cracks ready for the reinforcing cleats. First I had to mix up some fresh glue. Elsewhere I noted that I had converted an old… more →
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Mirecourt violin repair - gluing cracks
jerry wrote 2 months ago: With spool clamps made the next job was to begin the process of gluing the cracks ready for the rein … more →
Mirecourt violin restoration 2 - assessing the damage
jerry wrote 2 months ago: With the top plate removed I gave the inside a thorough brushing with a soft brush to remove any dus … more →
Mirecourt violin restoration 1 - Michel-Ange Garini
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jerry wrote 2 months ago: Violins under the name Michel-Ange Garini were made around 1900- 1920 in Vosges, France in the Mirec … more →
Hardanger fiddle - new bridge
jerry wrote 3 months ago: I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the Tasmanian Blackwood bridge I made previously – it w … more →
The Violin School of Switzerland
jerry wrote 4 months ago: The main violin school in Switzerland – some nice work here … more →
Can't wait!
Haley wrote 4 months ago: Imogen Heap is both nicer and more talented than you can possibly imagine. It makes me feel awesome … more →
4th July - US anthem on a baseball bat fiddle
jerry wrote 4 months ago: As it is 4th of July for our American friends, I thought I’d share this gem. Violinist Glen Do … more →
Sherlock Holmes violin from Conan Doyle's garden
jerry wrote 6 months ago: When a sycamore tree had to come down in the childhood garden of writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, what … more →
Violin repair - stage 1
jerry wrote 6 months ago: Some time ago, I bought a badly damaged violin from a luthier who suggested it would make for good p … more →
LAGQ Pachabel's 'loose' canon!
jerry wrote 6 months ago: This has to be one of the best versions of this well known tune! And here is comedian Rob Paravonian … more →
Don Rickert's new fiddle range
jerry wrote 6 months ago: Don Rickert is about to release a whole new series of fiddles. These are uncompromisingly fiddles, n … more →
401-year old Amati violin
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jerry wrote 7 months ago: Check out Art and Seek – Emmanual Borok talks about and plays a violin made by Heironimus Amat … more →
Fourteen most outrageous guitars on the internet
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jerry wrote 9 months ago: Do you like lists? Musicradar.com has selected their pick of the fourteen most outrageous guitars on … more →
Gibson: custom guitar shop
jerry wrote 9 months ago: I came across an article on how Gibson makes their custom guitars – it’s amazing that so … more →
International violin making school, Cremona Italy
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jerry wrote 9 months ago: The International violin making school in Cremona has a great website with a large gallery of images … more →
Stradivarius - Pinkas Zukerman talks and plays
jerry wrote 9 months ago: Pinkas Zukerman talks about what makes the instruments of Antonio Stradivari so great. He visits Cre … more →
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh collects her hardanger fiddle (hardingfele)
jerry wrote 9 months ago: Donegal fiddle player Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh collects her hardanger fiddle (hardingfele) – with … more →
Andrew Bird - nervous tic motion of the head
jerry wrote 10 months ago: Here is one of the best uses I’ve seen of a loop machine/fiddle combination – in the han … more →
New hardanger fiddle bridge
jerry wrote 10 months ago: For some while now, I have been getting an annoying string buzz from one of the sympathetic strings, … more →
