violin repair needed
Colleen Zenns
humidity constant, changed strings, ect. Need someone who knows more about
it than I do to take a look at it. I'm in north central PA...but willing to
drive a couple of hours to have someone look at it.
Anyone have any leads? Thanks!
J. Teske
not elsewhere. When my own violin changes (and its a pretty good
violin) the first suspect is seams letting loose. The glue on violins
is deliberately water soluble (so repairpersons can disassemble them)
and sometimes the glue dissolves in really humid weather and
conversely in dry weather such as winter the dimensions of the violin
change ever so slightly and the wood adds or looses humidity. These
dimensional changes will cause glued seams to let loose. This is a
routine matter, the repair is trivial and the cost usually not very
great. I think it was $25-30 when I last had it done about a year ago
in the Wash DC area where presumably prices are comparable to Philly.
A sound post adjustment is the next suspect or maybe the bridge has
tilted (something you should learn to correct on your own.
Jon Teske, violinist
Roland Hutchinson
> Clearly a job for a professional. Should be tons of them in Philly if
> not elsewhere. When my own violin changes (and its a pretty good
> violin) the first suspect is seams letting loose. The glue on violins
> is deliberately water soluble (so repairpersons can disassemble them)
> and sometimes the glue dissolves in really humid weather and
> conversely in dry weather such as winter the dimensions of the violin
> change ever so slightly and the wood adds or looses humidity. These
> dimensional changes will cause glued seams to let loose. This is a
> routine matter, the repair is trivial and the cost usually not very
> great.
This was once explained to me thus:
Stringed instruments are held together with hide glue, which is
basically pretty much a form of jello (jelly to UK-English speakers).
Hide glue can be formulated in various strengths, but the stuff used on
fiddles is mixed up to be reasonably weak on purpose -- in particular,
it's weaker than the wood. Why? Well, when the wood wants to shrink
or expand, which would you rather broke: the glue joint (which is easy
to fix) or the top (or back, etc.) of the instrument?
Unfortunately, a certain number of instruments get repaired by amateur
carpenters using "good strong yellow glue". Don't try this at home.
(In fact, don't try it on your antique furniture, either, if you should
be so fortunate as to have any.)
--
Roland Hutchinson Will play viola da gamba for food.
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remove spam. If your message looks like spam I may not see it.
Beach
They do great work and are totally ethical. They've seen/rebuilt the insides
of
plenty of old Italian instruments, and know their tone.
Bob
Keith Rogers
www.thechimneysviolinshop.com - less than 1/2 hour s-sw of Harrisburg.
Also, The Violin Makers Ltd. in Camp Hill - can't personally vouch for
their repairs, but it seems like a well run shop. We did buy a 1/8
from them about 5 years ago.
DaveT
<col...@adelphia.net> wrote:
No personal experience, but there is http://www.jrjuddviolins.com/ In
Willamsport. Their ads at least imply a degree of respectability.
DaveT
kel...@nospamusit.net
either have repair people on premise or will be able to direct you to
a compotent repair person.
regards
Tom
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 03:02:46 GMT, "Colleen Zenns"
<col...@adelphia.net> wrote:
Young Carpenter
will get you to Ithaca where several violin makers reside.
--
Young Carpenter
"Violin playing and Woodworking are similar, it takes plenty of money,
plenty of practice, and you usually make way more noise than intended"
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