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Beautiful small 7/8 violin ground varnish pictures

Another beautiful studio violin in the making. With a few foundation layers you see the fire in the maple back.

The coloured varnish layers will be first orange red over-layed with a few layers of darker brown (photos still to come)

I painted some Fleur de Lis in the corners. The violin is fully plate tuned to insure the even, carrying, cremonese sound. For sale available in two weeks

Top plate of studio violin varnishing process at Ilja Grawert - Violinmaker by master violin maker Ilja Grawert for the Brisbane and wider Australian violin community
After first ground layer of varnish
Close up of hand painted Fleur de Lis on back of studio violin. Varnishing process at Ilja Grawert - Violinmaker by master violin maker Ilja Grawert for the Brisbane and wider Australian violin community
Close-up of Fleur de Lis
Beautiful studio violin varnishing process at Ilja Grawert - Violinmaker by master violin maker Ilja Grawert for the Brisbane and wider Australian violin community.
Flamed maple back
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Keeping your bridge straight

I have a little clip on YouTube on how to keep your bridge straight. There are many reasons why bridges can warp.

  1. Humidity is a very big factor. Very high humidity it does not matter how well made, how seasoned & high quality the timber it will warp fast
  2. Badly filed grooves or winding of string broken at the bridge will pull the bridge more
  3. Always clean the strings and the top of the bridge after playing, that way the rosin dust does not make the strings stick in the grooves
  4. When the bridge top has moved in either direction and it does not get corrected it will warp
  5. Either if the neck angle is wrong, the saddle too high or low in short if the angle the strings are running over the bridge is that uneven so the bridge top gets pulled in one direction.
  6. Too high tension strings or a too high bridge due to a high neck angle

The best way of preventing it to warp is always keep your cello bridge stand straight as shown in the video