Glitter Tuning Violins

Using a sine wave generator and Christmas glitter is a way to see the nodal patterns on a violin.

Here are my newest violins and the frequencies that excite the patterns.

Interesting Violin Making Devices by Evan Smith

Plate Holding Jig On Upright Jig. My Violin Back Ready for Final Scraping.

  

Scraping

  

Top Glued on Garland Bass bar Installed.

  

Back Glued on Completing Box.

  

End of the Week Banquet

Beautiful Singer

Ed Campbell presenting me with a certificate.

After a great week of violin making I am playing my newest violin in the white with Evans great family.

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CHIMNEY’S VIOLIN MAKING WORKSHOP

I just arrived in Tucson to attend Ed  Campbell’s violin making workshop.The first thing I did was to visit Evan Smith.

He showed me his new ideas about plate tuning and balancing, followed by bridge tuning and balancing of which I will get into more detail latter.But the real fun was playing his newly tuned guitar and I don’t mean the strings.

Hear are sme pictures of Evan tuning the braces inside the guitars body.

Evan preparing to tune braces

Planning a brace

Inside work

Tapping back to see what is next.

Fitting a Bass Bar in a Violin Top

One of the most important processes in violin making is fitting the bass bar. Here are some pics of me  fitting my latest violin with a bass bar.     

Top With Bass Bar Stock

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   Starting the Fit Visually

Planing a Smooth Area for the Bar

  

Making the First Cut

 

Measuring Thickness of Stock Spruce

 

  

  

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• Top With Bass Bar Stock

     

Bass Bar Clamped

 

F Holes for a Violin

 I finally took a day off from repairs and worked on finishing the top plate of my newest violin.I finished the top arch and the inner arch very close to what I would like.Then I started the f holes.I cut the eyes with a hole cutter and began rough cutting the rest with a coping saw blade rapped in a wooden handle.

 I’ll finish tomorrow and take some pictures to post.