The lining on a bowed stringed instrument is a bent piece of wood, usually willow or spruce, which is glued to the top and bottom of the ribs to reinforce the ribs and create a larger glueing surface for the plates. Here is a short video clip of the process.
Now we are further along with the varnishing process on the left hand studio violin. the first picture is the ground coated violin and then you see with the colour varnish applied.
Currently as a little side hobby I learning to stamps on wood. So far I am getting closer to acceptable quality with every new attempt. When I am happy there will be new, traditional stamped labels in my violins. beautiful look and no printing involved…very traditional old craft, old time. Stamp No1 was the first […]
This morning at my workbench on the verandah of my workshop…retouching a violin restoration in the daylight. The fully loaded mandarin trees add a lovely feel to my work day.
I was just cutting a bridge for one of my own older, fully handmade by me, violins. Using the best bridge timber, which is now a minimum of 40-50 years old. The finished bridge is promising to be of the highest sound quality. I am very much looking forward to hearing this violin again after […]
You cannot imagine my joy when I walked into the local post office today, where I am well known and was greeted by: “Guess what is in your Po Box…” After month and month of waiting for the October issue of The Strad magazine, I think maybe 15 emails to the publisher, as well as […]
Beautiful violin bridge I recently cut…I’ll be in my Brisbane Workshop from February 11th for a brief period.Would like to make an appointment for a repair, service or a beautiful new instrument. Best contact me on 0437 88 2468Enjoy the music#onlyattheviolinmaker #violin #viola #cello #doublebass #brisbane #brisbanemusic #brisbaneclassic #queensland #queenslandmusic #violinmaker #violinmakersworkshop
As I am very busy here in my North Queensland workshop building and restoring instruments I do not find the time to put these wonderful three violas in my webshop. They are between $5,000-$10,000 with all three beautiful and even sound, 15 1/2 inch body length so easy to play with still no compromise in […]
After the full size studio cello was varnished and set-up it still needed some fine adjustments, a lot of playing and figuring out which are the best strings to support its beautiful sound. Now after two extra month of fine tuning the cello it is a very vibrant, ringing but warm and deep sounding cello. […]
Here are some pictures of the 3/4 studio violin which is now ready for the ground coats. From the first picture which is the still raw wood then to ground preparation one to three.
