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violinmaking luthier violin ameliaIsland FernandinaBeach carving violinJuliet violinist
#violinmaking #luthier #violin #ameliaIsland #FernandinaBeach #carving #violinJuliet #violinist
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Another coat of Greek Pitch Gold in the drying Cabinet
Another coat of Greek Pitch Gold in the drying Cabinet. #violin #varnish #luthier #violinist #violinmaker #ameliaisland #violinvarnish #fernandinabeach #violinfiona
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Dusting with kaolin to clean polishing linseed oil and pumice
Dusting with kaolin to clean polishing linseed oil and pumice. #violinmaker #violin #varnish #luthier #violinist #violinfiona #ameliaisland #fernandinabeach
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Polishing between varnish coats
Polishing between varnish coats #violinmaker #violin #luthier #varnish #ameliaisland #violinist #violinfiona #fernandinabeach
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Recent violin repair of a very old violin. It had a Testore label and date 17.. inside. The last digits of the year were missing. Over a year in the works. The most amazing aspect was the sound when finished. It was wonderful
Recent violin repair of a very old violin. It had a Testore label and date 17.. inside. The last digits of the year were missing. Over a year in the works. The most amazing aspect was the sound when finished. It was wonderful!! #violinrepair #violin #testore #violinmaking #luthier #violinrestoration
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Joshua Bell Concert- Dueting with Bob Levine
March 3, 2015, Yesterday Joshua Bell came to Amelia Island for the Amelia Island chamber festival. It was fantastic. He played a full two hours including a set of encores from his Romance of the violin CD. Everyone was ecstatic. The venue was the plantation chapel and it was sold out, packed, no room in…
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Modeling the Violin, Computers the new Apprentices’
In Stradivarius’ day he and other violin makers used apprentices who often paid to work with the master for several years before being able to make their own instruments. These apprentices were initially given the most rudimentary work like sweeping and emptying the volumes of wood shavings created in a violin shop. Eventually they would…
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Violin Maker Visit: William Mason Violins Fredricksburg, VA
July 11, 2014: Visiting William Mason Violins, Fredricksburg, VA Today I visited Bill Mason of William Mason Vi). I had met Bill at the Southern Violin Association’s (SVA) annual meeting on May 25th in Atlanta (http://southernviolinassociation.com or on FaceBoohttps://www.facebook.com/SouthernViolinAssociation). The SVA is an association of violin makers and violin shoppes located in the Southern states.…
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Violin Making: Setting the Bass Bar in Fiona
One of the mysterious steps in violin making is setting the bass bar. There is much discussion about the bar tension, placement, and thickness; all factors that affect the tone of the final instrument. Also all factors that can not be changed after the top is glued on. Today I shaped, glued, and trimmed the…
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Violin making: Rib Assembly on Fiona
The first steps in making Violin #6, Fiona is building the violin rib assembly. To get started we set the corner gluing blocks to the form and then gluing the ribs. It all sounds pretty simple until, like most things, you get into the details. This first photo shows fitting the template over the form…