After the top plate was finished, glued to the sides…the back finished and fine-tuned …the body closed… the varnishing started. The varnishing process is now nearly finished. I wanted to create a dark brown, classic old looking colour this time…with the ‘Fleur De Lis’ shining through the many layers of varnish. What do you think […]
7 years ago in Mission Beach …the next day
Another one of my current projects… a full size studio cello nearly ready to be varnished. Look how well this plate is balanced. this cello will have a beautiful song
Here is a little hobby Sunday project. The keys of our student piano are stuck. I first thought it might have been due to high humidity as this piano lives nearly outside. It ended up to be cockroach dirt stuck in between the keys. It was fairly easy to clean all that. Now the keys […]
After closing the cello the cello was ready to have the neck fitted. I was so lost in the work on this cello that I totally forgot to take photos . It is very important that the neck is in the right position, in the right angle overlapping the top plate the perfect amount to […]
A 15.5 inch studio viola. thicknessing the top-plate is finished, the bass bar wood is prepared to the right thickness. I chose a high quality, well seasoned, split peace of spruce. After checking all the proportions, lots of measuring & calculating I could mark the final length and exact positioning for the bass bar to ensure most vibration of the top
Each cello carries a song of its own, telling a story of its proportions, the tools and the hands shaping it from a block of wood into this beautiful creation of sound.
I finished fitting the bass bar and glued it to the inner surface of the top plate in its proper position. Gluing is usually a high stress situation as the glues we use are one hundred percent natural hide glue. It needs to be heated and after application the clamps will have to be put […]
“Coffee…Coffee…I must have….” Lieschen, Schlendrian’s daughter “…if three time a day I can’t drink my little cup of coffee then I would become so upset that I would be like a dried up piece of roast goat…” “Ah! How sweet coffee tastes! Lovelier than a thousand kisses, smoother than muscatel wine.” I totally agree…without coffee […]
Clean your violin every time after playing with your microfiber cleaning cloth. If you clean your violin everyday after playing you will save money your strings will last longer your bridge will stay straight longer the violin does not need to be professionally cleaned by a violin maker as often the bridge feet are less […]
