Repair of an old German Stradiuarius violin Neuner & Hornsteiner workshop 803 

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+Stefan Avalos stradivari was making violins, of which are a specific model, are meant to sound a specific way, through replications. while michelangelo was sculpting works of art, that are not repetitive processes used to create the same outcome. stradivari sought to put music into the hands of the people, michelangelo wanted to show the world art. very different.

+Bo Huggabee Unfortunately, you missed the joke.

Stefan Avalos but the joke doesn't make sense. now jb violins was funny.

+Bo Huggabee ok here's the explanation... Stradivari was an Italian violin maker. So, a "German Stradivari" is as silly and impossible as saying a "Polish Michelangelo" - because ... Where is Michelangelo from?

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If it helps you to understand. The plate is glued on first. The sound post is fitted later through the f-hole.

And how BEAUTIFUL, this girl has hands!

And stop talking!

Eu também escutei... I also wanted someone talking in Brazilian Portuguese...

Wow does it play good? Did u have restored?

+Picco bow I restored it. Fortunately it just needed cosmetic cleaning and tidying because it was filthy,and the strings had turned green and stuck to the fingerboard. It plays and sounds nicely. I had it valued and they said it was worth £600-£800 pounds.

William Young Maybe the knife was purposely dull so she won't cut into the underside of the top plate or shave too much off of the cleats?

I would be sweating bullets doing that. Dull, yes. No coffee either.

I would rather use a dremel tool for the sake of fewer impacts and less pressure on the top in general.

My thoughts, also.

Also, why not shape the cleats to profile before gluing them on?

Steel Standing the short answer is yes because anytime you add or take away materials from an object it changes it's acoustics. The game is to not add/take away too much so that you are not affecting the tone too extremely. The act of removing the top however can greatly alter the sounds of a string instrument immediately so it is best to avoid that if possible. The alternative here however would be leaving the cracks which would surely produce some horrific sounds of wood edges vibrating against each other which would cause more damage eventually and could eventually lead to the instrument being beyond reasonable repair.

old glue from bones can be opened again with water an warmth..

Hide (animal) glue shrinks as it dries and it doesn't creep like other wood glues. They know what they are doing.

dremels destroy would fiber. they are like mini chainsaws.

Bo Huggabee Thats the point. Trim down the cleats, not the violin body. And you can get fine carbide tips at high speed to get smooth grind.

Slap Stick not microscopically...

Nope. Chiseling away would more likely cause separation of wood fibers, although I don't see that happening as long as the chisels are sharp.

Slap Stick knives get a far cleaner cut than saws. their edge is finer than any drill bit. besides carbides, aren't necessarily sharper, they are just stronger

I had been waiting this was the only thing I wanted to see :O

Because it's a cheap copy and doesn't merit the expense of a syringe.

@@c.a.g.3130 It should be done from the back and you will never get full penetration of the glue without a syringe to inject it.

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That is a difficult question without seeing the instrument. Here is some information of violins labeled Stradivarius. Since the late 1800’s, makers of violins, mostly in western and eastern Germany, were producing tens of thousands of violins annually, labeled "Antonius Stradivarius, Cremonenfis Faciebat Anno 17," or some other famous makers name. They were also made world-wide in such places as Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, France, Japan, England and elsewhere. They frequently also included the circular embellishment on these labels that included a cross above the initials "A" and "S". More often than not, the last two digits of the date were penciled or inked in by hand. Sometimes it was left blank. After 1700, Stradivari only block printed the 1, leaving the final 3 digits to fill in by hand. These manufacturers, in towns such as Bubenreuth, Mittenwald, Markneukirchen, and Mirecourt, mass produced these violins in the beginning by hand or more recently by machine and labeled them exactly as the old masters did. As early as 1914, for legal reasons, the words "Copy of" or "Model" were often included on the labels. Stradivari never left Italy and never learned English. Millions of these instruments exist today. Stradivari is believed to have made around 1,100 instruments during his lifetime, roughly 500 violins remain. Obviously it is not a real Strad as you know. The copies were sometimes good and very often not so. The copies are worth from nothing up to around $3000 for the very best. Take it to a violin shop for an appraisal to be sure. Many shops do not charge for a verbal appraisal.

Exactly! I noticed that myself.

@123rewd shellac was what I meant. Thanks for telling me how they made it,quite fascinating! I wonder if there is something in the beetle that causes shellac to look green under u.v. light though? I dont think I would be brave enough to attempt to resurface my violin incase I ruined it. Its Victorian as far as I can tell. Under the u.v. light its the varnish itself that looks green. Thinner or worn areas dont show up.

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20 millions?

i think wood type isnt important at all they tiny so any good soft hard wood like spruce maple anything on disposable is ok .important think grain if u cross the those tiny cleats agaist grain its will streng up if again crch will stop there cant crack up cleats so gone stop there.thats why they put so many tiny cleats if u put world hardestwood from same grain driection it can be carack with top they moslty use good wood becouse of even they tiny still not mess with sound that why maple spruce etc i think moslty.and they scolpped loot of those tiny so not couse any vibration change

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Because the work volume is such that he has to hire and train others to do all the work. Duh!