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Dave Chandler
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 Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 12:17 am Post subject: What topics most interest you? |
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I'm trying to put together a day-long violin-maker symposium for next April in Atlanta -- and need to know what most makers, novice and professional, would find most interesting. For me, I'd really like to hear a presentation on arching. Anyone else got any ideas? What topic would most likely draw you to a symposium?
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kjb
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| well I probably won't be going for other reasons, but arching would be my first priority also. |
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ctviolin
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| Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 7:27 pm Post subject: Re: What topics most interest you? |
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| Dave Chandler wrote: | | I'm trying to put together a day-long violin-maker symposium for next April in Atlanta -- and need to know what most makers, novice and professional, would find most interesting. For me, I'd really like to hear a presentation on arching. Anyone else got any ideas? What topic would most likely draw you to a symposium? |
And I'll add an idea about modern wood choices.
I only use American woods. Simply because that's where I live. I only used European spruce and maple on violin no 1...
Because the man who taught me was a traditionalist in many ways.
Using European wood today may be entirely a successful habit or choice, but then again, so is the act of using many other woods, from many other places - as in; using European wood or Italian wood, or going to Cremona to make violins, doesn't make the violin made today, any (if at all) closer to what was made by the Italians three hundred years ago.
Did that make sense?
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Dave Chandler
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:00 am Post subject: Topics |
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CT, nice idea. I've made several violins with European wood, and a few with Canadian....but my best so far, have been made from Red Spruce I collected myself. And when you look at the characteristics of Red Spruce and European Spruce, they aren't so different at all.
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ctviolin
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| Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:14 pm Post subject: Re: Topics |
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| Dave Chandler wrote: | | CT, nice idea. I've made several violins with European wood, and a few with Canadian....but my best so far, have been made from Red Spruce I collected myself. And when you look at the characteristics of Red Spruce and European Spruce, they aren't so different at all. |
This last sentence is true, I would suspect, of many woods - both Spruces and Maples...
From what I've heard before, from various sources, at various times - the European wood you buy from some European dealers comes from?
You've got it! Right here!, where the wood is very often much cheaper to buy - in bulk especially.
But, of course, that really couldn't happen, right?
How would anyone other than a rare and knowledgeable dendrochronologist, or perhaps the supplier even know?
I don't.
I only tell what I have heard from some knowledgeable people in the field.
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Dave Chandler
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 1:36 am Post subject: Violin Wood |
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Red Spruce is visually different from Engleman and European wood, with hard red growth rings, and unless you get into some protected old growth forests seldom see the quality comparable of engleman or european spruce on the market. The characteristics I was referring to was stiffness, density.
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Dave Chandler
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 1:13 am Post subject: Topics |
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Tips for antiquing?
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yes, and tips for antiquing labels 
cheers,
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DonLeister
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Dave, arching would be high on my list , antiquing too or just general varnishing or varnish making.
I wish I lived closer to Atlanta! |
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