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The uncertainty caused by the uneven shapes of the tops and backs led me into a hybrid making system . The corner blocks were attached to the ribs and the top ends of the ribs and the bottom ends wer ...

One strange idea I saw recently mentioned how much sound came from the outer surface of a violin compared to how much came out of the soundholes . I always thought nearly all the sound came out of the ...

I came back to this because the mention of guitars might confuse readers . After an implant just the quiet sound of a kettle starting to boil will shut down the hearing very substantially. A similar e ...

One difficulty of buying two damaged violins is the similarity of each violin.But these two have measurements that are not even consistent within themselves . Left and right outlines are different . C ...

There is a video of a man and his wife trying to show how to improve violin sound with a piece of stiff wire and some sandpaper . It`s total nonsense .His wife kept on noodling on her violin playing s ...

Just to keep it all in focus, I mentioned the post acting on a thicker part of the back ---without saying to put the ---thickest part ----exactly beneath the sound post .That would be very difficult ...

Yes the back workd in a rocking motion .That`s my guess just looking at the pictures. The inside of Heifetz` violin shows a healthy looking sound post patch .But the original question might find the s ...

If you look at the backs of famous violins the post activates a thicker area which moves the thinner areas. Compare that with the top . The sound post has a thicker patch which is surrounded by thinne ...

I use a very traditional bender with an aluminium heater .Iy`s electical with a thermostat . The main problem came with very straight grained pine /spruce type wood .I have never used that kind of woo ...

I can refer to an Edgar Russ video as he has a good reputation . He talks with one maker who used to be a cellist and now makes cello plates with a computer controlled milling machine . The interest ...

I might have a chance to test this theory as the broken violin I am assembling has both plates with the same tap tone. They were different separated but glued on the ribs they are as close as you coul ...

What I changed on a guitar was pretty drastic .The added weight at the bridge was a stainless steel rod about 3 inches long and 1/4inch square . That was a 3/4 size guitar made by Roca in Valencia. A ...

Apart from Wolf Notes on a violin the fact that a bow drives the strings separates them from guitars . So in a way dud notes will not show up on a violin. Plucking a violin is damped by the sound pos ...

The trick with adjusting weights of bluetack is pretty basic . The alternative using magnets is also very interesting but really quite dangerous . Temu are selling Neodymium rare earth circular magnet ...

The guitar change made a definite improvement and could be compared --before and after by simply taking off the weight on the bridge . No muting at all . You should advertise for a guitar like this wi ...