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  Topic: Time for Guitar Style Tuning Pegs ?
Michael Darnton

Replies: 9
Views: 412

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2024 12:12 pm   Subject: Time for Guitar Style Tuning Pegs ?
With normal pegs you can change a string in about 30 seconds. With geared pegs it takes a couple of minutes. If you're the only violin in a group on stage with an audience waiting that's a big differe ...
  Topic: Time for Guitar Style Tuning Pegs ?
Michael Darnton

Replies: 9
Views: 412

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2024 10:26 am   Subject: Time for Guitar Style Tuning Pegs ?
https://pegheds.com/
I've installed quite a few sets of these for students and they work great. When I tell professionals, who depend on being able to instantly change a string on stage during a conc ...
  Topic: Dead notes sorted.(On a guitar)
Michael Darnton

Replies: 12
Views: 624

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2024 9:38 am   Subject: Dead notes sorted.(On a guitar)
Weighs to clip on violin bridges already exist: mutes. They come in many weights from almost nothing up to several ounces. It's generally accepted that they do not improve the sound of the violin.
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  Topic: Dead notes sorted.(On a guitar)
Michael Darnton

Replies: 12
Views: 624

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 9:05 am   Subject: Dead notes sorted.(On a guitar)
Actually, it is exactly a wolf note solution. On violins the critical spot for adding weight is about 35mm below the bass side f-hole on the top. If you can get someone else to play the note, run your ...
  Topic: My violin build
Michael Darnton

Replies: 120
Views: 19966

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:21 am   Subject: My violin build
https://darntonviolins.com/f-hole-placement/
That's the diagram but it only works on a totally normal outline, and many Strad outlines are variations, with logical variations in placement. My diagram ...
  Topic: Is this an Amati label?
Michael Darnton

Replies: 4
Views: 504

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 7:58 pm   Subject: Is this an Amati label?
Id rather suspect that the person who faked up the label used that piece as their inspiration.
  Topic: My violin build
Michael Darnton

Replies: 120
Views: 19966

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2024 10:56 pm   Subject: Re: My Violin build
Instead of a smooth back surface I visualised a set of ridges with the angle of the ridge surfaces set to steer sound waves towards the soundholes.

Don't want to be the guy who has to fit a soundpo ...
  Topic: Is this an Amati label?
Michael Darnton

Replies: 4
Views: 504

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2024 10:55 pm   Subject: Is this an Amati label?
Just off the top of my head, I don't think I've ever seen an H Amati labeled violin, even. I think they're incredibly rare, the Brothers Amati being the norm for that generation. But I really doubt th ...
  Topic: How high can a bridge be ?
Michael Darnton

Replies: 9
Views: 1189

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2024 3:09 pm   Subject: How high can a bridge be ?
It helps if the player is deaf: moving the bridge around can affect tone quite a bit. I've seen bridges in a variety of nonconventional place, and usually the sound was better after they're put where ...
  Topic: bridge selection for beginners
Michael Darnton

Replies: 25
Views: 6270

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:18 am   Subject: bridge selection for beginners
As a general rule I think you'll find that most makers develop a setup that works well enough for the specific thing that they make, where people involved in repair and restoration develop a standard ...
  Topic: bridge selection for beginners
Michael Darnton

Replies: 25
Views: 6270

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2024 12:46 pm   Subject: bridge selection for beginners
"The phrase Small Thinking about placement of the bridge relative to the inner nicks remains a mystery . That sounded very odd . I wondered if that included every maker who ever made nicks in sou ...
  Topic: bridge selection for beginners
Michael Darnton

Replies: 25
Views: 6270

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2024 9:22 am   Subject: bridge selection for beginners
You might consider whether a page with a bunch of people giving answers which don't agree with each other can be termed "valuable". Perhaps the proper conclusion to come to is that they don' ...
  Topic: bridge selection for beginners
Michael Darnton

Replies: 25
Views: 6270

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Fri May 31, 2024 8:49 am   Subject: bridge selection for beginners
First, separate in your mind the concepts of art vs function, and know that when you look at a bridge you are often looking at some, or a lot, of both. . .
or none. Add to that the idea of regional ...
  Topic: My violin build
Michael Darnton

Replies: 120
Views: 19966

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Thu May 23, 2024 10:18 am   Subject: My violin build
My favorite tool for the point you're at will get you through this part in about ten minutes :-)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HCR3723/
  Topic: My violin build
Michael Darnton

Replies: 120
Views: 19966

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Tue May 21, 2024 9:41 am   Subject: My violin build
Just for the record, I'm watching. Don't have anything to say....
 
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