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I spend a lot of time drawing. The various features are put together in a way that's not random, and a lot of the beauty comes from understanding the underlying visual rhythm. The beauty is a result o ...

Do a web search about electric guitar tube amps. There's probably a lot there to find, since they still use them, for reasons.

If someone regrads your violin there's no going back if you don't like it. This is the kind of thing that should be done between owners.

This chart didn't originate there--I've seen it unthinkingly repeated without critical examination many places over the years. As I said, check the measurements on a real violin and see what you can ...

This chart didn't originate there--I've seen it unthinkingly repeated without critical examination many places over the years. Some of the measurement are basically impossible. As I said, check them o ...

Check their measurements on a real violin, though.

Makers didn't keep secrets and they didn't write things down because the only way to learn was directly working in a shop. Historically amateur makers just were not a thing, and no one writes a book f ...

Some might find the first five pages of this document useful:
https://violinmag.com/book/setup.pdf

And yet at least 12 generations of makers over the entire face of the earth have managed to get this job done without making a mess of it, using straight blades.

Not a quiet violin, just a different violin.

I have a protractor-type thingy for measuring neck sets that integrates all of these things into a couple of hinged pieces of plastic. It rests on the board and has scratches along it's length for the ...

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As soon as you make the first smallest incision in the point area lay on a drop of super glue. This turns the fragile tip instantly into plastic and it shouldn't break off from there on. Traditionally ...

Perhaps you should examine why you are having peg problems? For most people they work fine and I get very few complaints. Most people don't have problems shaving them neatly, also.

For instance, us ...

No problem.. I suspect that a lot of those views are web crawlers, though. This is a pretty obscure site.

I more meant that the fiddle hangout crew would have more feedback, being less traditional.