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bagpipeswest

The person you gave me the fiddle that I put back together wants me to reglue the finger board on his 3/4. When I'm done, what should the string height be. An do I tune it to the same pitch as a full size?

Thomas Southern · Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:34 pm Post subject:

I would assume that the string height is the same for an adult as for a child. I measured my daughters 3/4 and there is 4.7mm clearance under the G and 3.8 mm under the E.

Tom

bagpipeswest · Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:24 am Post subject:

thanks i'll go with that

cheers

bagpipeswest · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:28 pm Post subject:

what will the distance between the nut and the bridge?

Jack Rushing · Member Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 170

In Michael Atria's book " Violin Repair Guide", He gives for a 3/4 violin,
a string length of 307MMs. With the G string height 5MMs, and the E string
3MMs.

bagpipeswest · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:01 pm Post subject:

thanks

I have been looking for 2 days and I couldn't find anything

Cheers Brent