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Let us not forget the "Masked Luthier of Dupont Street". Done long before cnc...
I had a violin shipped to me 2 weeks ago, CT to WA. The local UPS store quoted $220 to ship the box, violin and case. I have a UPS Account. I had the client send me the measurements and weight. It...
lightly dampen the wood. It will carve easier.
Lots of weird "spam" stuff here...
I'll say what I tell beginners in the violin world: You can't learn tone production on an electric violin/fiddle, and it is the same with an electric mando vs...
Not Southern CA, but Gary Vessel is in Modesto and will do your mandolin right!
is it not a Viennese Mandolinetto?
JeffD, not much improvisation in old time music? Find a fiddler who plays a tune the same way twice through. Jeff Todd Titon describes a fiddle tune as an unfurnished room. The doors and windows are...
I had a shop in a well-known fretted instrument shop, many years ago. What I would tell the staff is that when someone calls on the phone and says, "I have a 1955 Martin D-18...", you know what it...
More grains per inch may make for more visually appealing wood, but it doesn't have any bearing on tone or strength.
I see violins and celli that have tops that look like they were better suited...
Michael Dresdner once told me that it didn't really matter what the finish was when it came to thickness. If it was too thick, regardless of substance, it impacted the sound in a negative way. If it...
They were brothers who trained with their father in Naples, as violin makers. I have a reprint of the catalog somewhere that extolls the virtues and talks about the development. They were in violins...
Carlo Tononi Piccolo Violin c 1760.191689
A friend came in my shop yesterday to share his woes. He owns a fine L-5, old (won't share year...). Took it to have a neck reset. The guitar has already been refinished, otherwise he wouldn't have...
1-fresh, sharp drill
2-You can swell out the dents with a warm, damp sponge, just don't get things too wet.
3-As John said, a leather pad on the post
4-don't go too fast, don't press too hard
Violin maker here: Courtnall and Johnson is perhaps one of, if not, the best. Brian Derber was the instructor at the Chicago School of Violin Making, and his book is excellent as well. The Strobel...
We collect wood for years and know, or at least think we know, the characteristics of our wood in the stash, and we learn to shape and graduate the raw materials that we have to our best benefit. If...
Finish work is tricky. I am a violin maker and do lots of this. Sometimes more damage is done by attempting to "fix" the bad touch-up. First thing to do is figure out what substance was used. I...
Try putting a bit of soft chalk on the shaft and twist it back in. If that is still too loose, shim with a shaving of wood or a piece of tape, but with the knowledge that when you turn the heat on in...
Different Pickett. Wenberg lists him, Howard Pickett, from Heidelberg, Mississippi, 1912-1983. Mostly Classical guitars, 12 violins.
From , "The Violin Makers of the United States", by T.J. Wenberg:
Pickett, James H.; Woodville, TX. 1934-(printed in 1986). Born in Houston, TX, Worked for Control Data Corp. doing field work....
perhaps that is what Adam wants...
Same, but it was in Durham, NC. The one with the Chiquita Banana sticker on the tailpiece and a "Made in Japan" sticker on the back of the peghead!
At least they dumped the ballast.
Do you have your Ouiji board out convening with Harry?
Unfortunately it looks like you might need a new neck block and rebuild whatever is there. If it is a Siminoff mortice, I've had luck converting them to bolt-on, but it's a mess to get out. It is...