A violin is a fiddle that hasn't had beer spilled on it

Bach would have been proud. Your facial expression alone was worthy of a song!

Your humor, sir, is as finely tuned as your skills.

That inlay design that looks like some kind of seed pod is Hops for beer making. I've done lots of work on hop farms and recognised it straight away. The vine leaves aren't a very good likeness but that's just artistic license.

A violin has strings. A fiddle has strangs. You’re welcome, folks. Please try the fish.

Your videos de-stress me You're like the Bob Ross of woodworking!

OMG, Ted! Your violin playing scowl! That was GOLD!!!

Well Ted, for a non-violin fixer, you actually did just that. I guess some of us have got it and some of us don't. You sir clearly do. Beside the fact you repaired the owners treasure, you also managed to entertain us. Thank you.

Craftsmanship knows no bounds. Well done.

With the word wood in his name, you know he's a natural

Dude that's a rare and lost linguini that hasn't been seen since the first second world war!

About 30 years ago I had a flood in my basement and one of the victims was my sisters violin. But it was not really damaged ... it just came completely apart. When I opened the case it was like a violin kit. So I can attest to your comment that they were made to be taken apart. I lived in Ottawa at the time and took it to Peter Dawson who fixed it up like new. He made all manner of bowed instruments from huge double bases to small scale violins for young kids. I expressed interest and he gladly gave me a tour of his shop. I remember being very impressed with a violin top he was working on, getting the gentle curves all by eye, using tiny finger planes. No CNC for this dude. Very cool.

“Hey Gang…. This skinny 6 foot long case before me does -not- contain a Gretch Country Gentleman, I assure you. It may surprise you to learn how large the Aboriginal Australian ex-patriot community is in Canada, but today I have a Didgeridoo with some issues……. Let’s dive right in, mates….”

Back in the day, 1920’s, many families had fiddles like that. I was told that there were door to door fiddle salesmen. Our family had one just like that.

At the end: yeah, finally someone has played Bach on this thing. You should've played some Vivaldi though.

That “seed pod” looks much like a hop bud, doesn’t it? Like a German adornment to my eyes. Such a valuable watch to me, thanks as always 🙏

That inlay work blew me away. Extraordinary work, Ted.

You never cease to amaze me Ted, sure its not in your wheel-house but you did fine job making it playable. Thank You

You surpassed yourself with the quips on this one- I literally laughed out loud a few times! Thank you.

Geo Heinl & Co. are sending their assassins. Don’t answer the door. Great solution for the button. Love that tail piece. I bet that violin has a great story.

Loved the concerto at the end... Keep on rocking.

I love the look of intense concentration while you're playing. Looks like a level 2 recital.

Those inlays turn out to be Pine Cones.

"Distruzione della biancheria intima". Bravo, maestro! Nice quip for bilingual Italian speakers!

Loved the pearl work portion :)

That heel graft is lovely, as is that inlay.

Veeerrrryyyyy interesting, informative, educational. Thanks !!!! Now I will go unclench my teeth from the screeching owl concerto -------

You remain as informative and entertaining as ever, thanks so much for all you do!

"These Krusty-brand balloons are 3 bucks each. Get a cheap one, and what happens? Goes off! Takes out the eyeballs of every kid in the room. What's that gonna cost you? Hey, Bill. What did that cost us?"

I'm very excited for this. Love your work. You teach me a lot. So thank you

The workmanship on the fiddle is not terrible. The Maggini style scroll is skilfully done, nice back, good f holes. Ok, the maker came to grief on the purfling, but overall, a good amateur effort. Your playing was execrable but the pained expression on your face was priceless.

Really appreciate the diligence of your analysis and problem-solving, even with an instrument not in your primary wheelhouse. Thanks for posting!

While certainly not Chaconne, it's actually amazing that you can make a musical sound out of it at all

You are amazing. I enjoy your channel immensely as well as your tongue and cheek humor. Thanks for all the detail.

This was so damn fun to watch! Look out for those pissed-off violin makers from Kremona! Haha!

Great vid Ted. Loved when you started sawing it in half at the end!

Great job, Ted. Now We're waiting for grand piano.

Your videos get more amusing by the episode. You make learning fun, Mr.Woodford. Keep rockin’ on!! See you next time!!

Love the expression on your face as your fiddlin' away at the end! Inlay looks amazing

Ted, with violin playing like that you should on the stage, but only brushing it!🤣 🤣 🤣 the concentration on you face at the end was priceless, Bravo. 👏

Ted; I used to play violin (and fiddle) in my youth, and had, to my best recollection, a look on my face, very much similar to yours. Excellent repair, considering what you started with.

"Hey Bob, what'd that cost us?" Hey Hey Kids!

Awesome. I love the demo at the end. The best bit is blending in the wedge in the heel. Great work on the abalone too. Thank you for a very unique video. I enjoyed it very much.

I watch you for your mastery with guitar playing ......and some repairs :-) but that was so entertaining! Thanks for all your videos and for all luthiers for sorting our precious axes out!

That was fantastic!!! I loved your jam at the end!!!

You make me laugh. Great sense of humor and so knowledgeable.

Great vid. I'd watch and listen to you repair anything. I learn so much and being a 70s kid I appreciate the instantaneousness of modern research, but you, Sir, are a true consulting detective. 'Bravo Homes! Bespoke stringed instrument construction papers with measurements aplomb!! Ha ha. Take great care, young Sir!

Awesome job👍👍👍 thanks for taking it on and sharing with us!

Subscribers are going to be where the know how is! Your show has been giving me great knowledge of the art to fix the impossible.

Very beautiful inlay replacement, great work !

As ever such impressive work, never fail to Impress !

I just come to listen to him pontificate. Really thorough explanations.

Thank God you posted, I’m glad you got a break. But, I needed your mild sarcastic remarks and creative spark.

Breathtaking work.

My first impression of the pearl inlays was that they were a couple hop cones. If they are hop cones, definitely a fiddle.

This was certainly a big change in direction!!!!! Congratulations on your efforts and achievements...

Thank you so much for the ending of this video! I really needed a good laugh..

Made me giggle and made my day - excellent😁👏😁

Great fun to watch and a very interesting diversion from ‘the norm!’ Thanks!

There's a great wordless half hour documentary on Vimeo called "fabrication D'un Violin". It shows a man, y'know, making a violin using all hand tools. It does a great job showing just how organized and fearless you have to be to work with hot hide glue. It's also good to watch when you think that your tools are sharp. They are not sharp compared to this guys tools.

“What’s the difference between a violin and a fiddle?” “About ten thousand dollars.”

Great job... your humbleness is comforting to the layman

Beautiful job as always. Very inspiring x

My favourite piece of Bach’s - thanks so much

As if we didn’t all know that your interests lie in baroque instruments!! This must be a treat for you to flex your extrodinary luthier skills!! And of course.. you came thru beautifully! As always amazing 😻

That was awesome! Thanks Ted.

Watch out Paganini! Nice work and an interesting departure from the norm. I wouldn't mind more videos like this.

Watching you make the pearl inlay is extremely impressive. The patience that must require is astounding.

Mama Bach sends her love.

Thank you for your honesty. You did a nice job for not being a violin repairman. Pretty old violin nice yellow varnish. Thanks for your toil. I'm redoing a bridge on my own violin your vidio helped. Most greatful!.

Oh man. That ending had me up in stitches. Great work sir!

Oooooo an actual barn find!! It's got some surprisingly nice flame to the maple, especially considering the very rough construction. I recently started servicing a couple violins and a cello.... Quite a bit different from my usual electric guitars and basses. I did get those books, which are quite helpful.

An outstanding narritive, :Learned more here than I expected, thank you for your patient dialog.

Thank you for the information on the two book.

Great video! "The geometry turned out satisfactory", is a sentence I now need to work into my everyday life^^

There's a guy here on YT called "Olaf the Violin Maker" he does good work from what I can tell, but he's exactly what Ted explains here concerning traditional violin repair. Especially if you watch his reaction video of some jacklegs repairing a vintage violin. He's kind of smug, but seems to know what he's talking about. I just like watching luthier style stuff. Even though I know nothing about how to play a violin.

👍👍😎✌️Another awesome job. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

IMPRESSIVE AF!!! well done..

Not afraid of anything i see Rosa stringworks is the man Mandolin maker Violins He rebuilt an instrument from a box of scraps Look at his video on the instrument named “Chocolate” Your work looks awesome as usual

Hi, as usual amazing work, missed your last week video. Take care.

It's not a guitar, yet I still found it interesting & informative. Bravo Sir, you have my utmost respect.

Always enjoy your videos

As you finished, you just needed to exclaim, "Viola, 'tis done!"

No guitar this week but still one of the highlights of my weekend...always informative...

This is just such an interesting treat. Great content.

Loved the performance at the end! Haha!

I love your channel!

Brilliant video ... Thanks.

Excellent and very enjoyable video. Many thanks kind sir :)

Loved it! Great job

Great job again well done you.

That's your best video so far. I don't even really know why I liked it so much. The mix of skill and humility, with some added spice of self deprecating humor? Could be this. Anyways, you do make me appreciate the work of every luthier I ever encountered.

Bravo, Maestro!

I’m amazed that you fixed the inlay. I realize that it probably wasn’t a big deal for you, but I assumed that it was a lost cause. Impressive.

That last bit was a hoot. I once traveled from Europe to India with a guy who played Bach partitas every evening when we stopped to camp (combi camp). That was pretty close man!!!.

Great job as usual...

Great job... as for the Violin snobs, f'em! : )

Also with Geared Pegs, you need a stringing crank cause when restringing all you have to do is turn the handle.

Often wondered about the relationship between violin and guitar. Thanks

That ending. Fantastic