Violin Forum/Message Board

Well , you are right, I must have talk to a different person. Funny thing though, Just the same thing happened to a young man in Chicago this week.
Goes to show how many of these violins there ar ...

Hi Spudchucker,
I believe you talked to me on the phone this week about this violin.
Best thing I can tell you is, bring it over and let me have a look at it.

The best thing about it is tha ...

Well Kevin,

I must say, that is about the best answer as to why to go to a plate tuning class as I have heard anywhere.
I hope it will help you in your making better violins.

My very firs ...

Hi Kevin,

I am interested in why you are thinking you need to " take a class on plate tuning ".

I am also interested in what information you get from others here on this forum on ...

And a good reason that the answer to this question ;

" Has Michael Darnton participated in VSA competitions?"

from the other forum is; as Jim Brown said; " I can say emphaticall ...

I am the same as Michael about using two or three different computers.
I am looking at this forum two or three time per day , but I don`t like to write much . I almost never log in.

Larry Lewis

Hi Chris,
I don`t think that anyone here is trying to be critical of you. I think we all are just trying to help.

Now I am going to try to answer this question of yours.
“What good advice do ...

This one thing you said is bothering me.

"Other than concerns about the wood being brittle the repair and refinish does not concern me. "

1. I think this is the big concern " ...

The one thing that has stopped so many Chinese violin factory workers from going out on their own. That is starting their own shop making better quality violins, is that they only know how to make on ...

Thanks for the Cheers! BK.
There are some things thought that need to be corrected.
First , I am not a teacher. I do think that the violin teachers should know more about violins and how they work ...

Hi Doug and Mat,
No problem with the blunt comments. That is fine. I knew they were coming anyway.
You have your standerds and I have my standerds. I just don`t think everyone has to have the sa ...

I get most of my student violins from China for $37.00 each.

When I get them the set up is very bad, but I work on them a little and there fine for most beginners.

The students that need a ...

Edit:
I see bill got the pictures up himself now , so I took these links down.

"BK,
Just don't put a TV in your workshop, that'll really get'em going."
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Best if you can teach your wife to work on violins with you!

That is what I did. N ...

Hi Bill
When you said: “I do know that there is a violin shop in Cincinnati that sells this exact violin for 8K !!! And labels the violin as his own. Wow!!
The “Cincinnati shop” you a ...