Thank you for commenting! I am so glad you enjoyed it. Hope you have a great week!

Thanks for watching and commenting! I appreciate it!

Thank you for commenting! God created all of us and He loves you just the same! He will show you all the truth, if you ask Him. He has sent us a wonderful Savior who is Yeshua or Jesus. I pray you have a blessed day.

Thank you for your kind words and I hope you have a blessed week!

Thank you for sharing that very interesting story. You are so right regarding the violins. I want to help them get their best potential sounds. It is hard to explain. It sounds like you had an amazing Karate teacher who would play his violin and the violin itself must have been amazing. Yes, I would have loved to fix it up. I appreciate your writing and I hope you have a wonderful blessed week!

Thanks Mike! I love a challenge and with God right here, I just ask Him for help! I am so thankful for the opportunity! So glad to hear from you! I am sure you are keeping very busy! Hope you have a wonderful week!

Thanks for commenting! Where are you from? By your name I thought of the ole Mojave desert! Hope you have a great week!

@@Violinsforu2 Good deduction. I live in Las Vegas Nevada.

You made me laugh! I love your comments! Yes, it is quite a challenge, but with God's help it will come out! Hope you have an excellent blessed week ahead! Thank you for commenting!

Thank you! This will certainly be a challenge, but I enjoy every minute! I hope you also have a wonderful, blessed week! Thanks for commenting!

Hi Skipper! Thanks for commenting! It is rare to have to do this but the violin is so old it had to be done! Hope you have a great day!

Thank you so much for commenting! I love to meet you all and hope you will stick around for more videos! I am working on improving the quality just a bit!!!

Thank you, Philip, for commenting! Where are you from? Hope you have a wonderful week ahead!

@Violinsforu2 LaGrange, Ga!! Where are you at? I'd love to visit your shop!!

@@philiptruitt great! We are in Kentucky! We would love to have you!

@@Violinsforu2 Thank you!!

It sure is old, but because of all the repairs and cracks it really takes down the value, but I am glad that the owner loves it and values it enough to get it repaired! Thanks for commenting and hope you have a wonderful week!

@@Violinsforu2. Hi from across the pond. You mention renewing the base bar. Is that because of the age when the base bar was fitted before todays higher pitch , higher string tension ? Thanks.

@@californiadreamin8423 Yes, that is one reason. Another is that some old instruments did not understand the purpose of the bassbar and so the carved it out from the top rather than installing one and also after many years a violin will lose power and needs a new one. Thanks for asking! Hope you have a great day!

@@Violinsforu2 Thanks for such a quick reply. Do you trim the base bar to achieve a particular tap tone by ear , or use Carlene Hutchins technique? I have my first 2 fiddles on the go, approaching thicknessing the plates, but when i opened up an old school fiddle….I bought it to strip of the varnish and then use it as a training aid…..I discovered the inside of the top plate was like a plowed field, a Friday afternoon must get paid job. My mentor , sadly now in another place, found there was just about enough would to thickness and the base bar was a nonsense….so it was a great thicknessing exercise and fitting a new base bar. I just loved doing it, and used Christmas glitter and an oscillator to get the right resonant frequency. The top is back on and I’m now ready to varnish…..another massive learning curve. The KZfaq algorithm brought me to you site just this morning which I’m pleased about, so I’ll be going through it over the next few days. Thanks.

@@californiadreamin8423 Yes, I do it all by ear. Your plowed field made me laugh! I understand completely! I do enjoy those violins, because you know that you can improve the tone!!! I am so glad you found my channel and I hope you enjoy it! I will see you on the episodes!

Muito obrigado por comentar e espero que você tenha uma semana maravilhosa. Você é de Portugal?

@@Violinsforu2 Parabéns pelo trabalho ,vivo no Brasil.Hugs and good luck.

Thank you Juan! I hope you have a wonderful week and thank you for commenting!

You are so welcome! Thank you for commenting! I love the painting next to your name! n Where are you from? I hope you have a wonderful week ahead!

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for commenting! See you soon on here! One more day until the next one comes out!

Thank you for your lovely comments! Where are you from? I hope you have a wonderful week!

Hi Jacob, Thanks for commenting. I'll need lots of prayer with this one! Hope you have a great week ahead!

Yes, it will take a lot of work, so slow and steady! You got the Hebrew Minute! Freddie is taking a nap right now, but I'll tell him you said hi!!!! Thanks for commenting! Hope you have a great blessed week!

Thanks Karzan! Hope you have a great week!

I do have some information on him. If it is a true label then you have a very nice instrument! He was principal of the Violin Makers Guild in 1792. He used reddish brown varnish and the violins have a suave tone. The second listing mentions that the violins are modeled strongly to Stainer with very high arching but well executed. Scrolls are very well done. He used very good acoustical wood and the tone was quite pleasing. Hope you enjoyed that!

Hi Skipper. I took an apprenticeship from a very experienced and trained luthier about 20 years ago. There is so much to learn that can only be taught from a master. Thanks for your questions!

Yes, I will be working on this violin in the next episodes and then play it at the end so that you can see and hear it. Thanks for commenting and welcome to our discussions. Where are you from if you don't mind? Hope you have a wonderful week ahead and thanks for mentioning what you like in the video!

@@Violinsforu2 Originally from Cincinnati, but I actually found you through you mother Glenda's music! Beautiful arrangements! We connected last year via email when I was trying to locate Sanctuary Strings. I will email you again as I don't want to write too much on here! Thank you!

@@terripartin166 Great hearing from you! God bless you!

I used to sharpen them by hand with diamond and stone sharpening, but since I got a Tormek, it has really improved the time and effort I put into sharpening. The Tormek is quite expensive and I wasn't able to afford it for a long time. Some of my past videos show me sharpening. I will include it again sometime when I need to sharpen. Thanks for asking.

Hi Ernest, It looks like I won't be getting to the necks for a couple more weeks. When I do, I'll show a little, but that is one of the hardest parts of a violin, trying to get all the dimensions correct and takes hours to get it just right. It is something that is shared better in person. I assume you are too far away to do that. Since my channel is more for entertainment, I might consider adding a section just for members. Not sure, just thinking out loud. Thanks for asking and hope you enjoy the next one tomorrow!

Hi Gary, Thanks for your comment. I have a little collection from which I draw information. They are out of print, but if you have a name you would like to learn about, I would be happy to oblige. Hope you have a wonderful week!

Okay, thanks! I am on it now. I'll be looking for something that will work with both my camera and my editing program. Hope you have a great week!

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I can tell how old a violin is by the age of the wood and the age of the repairs on the inside. Thanks for commenting. Where are you from? Hope you have a great week!

@@Violinsforu2 Am from Israel. It seems that the only reliable method to know the wood age is dendro test.

@@awaken8888 That is awesome! We love Israel. I've been there about 8 times.

Oh wow! Okay, we will see how long it takes! I am hoping not that long!!! We are definitely giving this violin new life with the extra wood. Thanks for commenting!!! Hope you have a great week!

Haha it’s the age old debate from the ship of Theseus

Hi Earnest, you first have to cut a dovetail into the body the size of the neck heel and then with hours of fitting you can get all the measurements right. But it is one of the hardest things to do on the violin besides the purfling! Hope that helps a little! Thanks for asking and hope you have a wonderful week!

Thank you for the information

Hi Jeff, this violin was set up for the customer in mind, so we went with the modern setup but with perlon core strings for a beautiful sound. Thanks for asking and hope you have a wonderful day!

Awesome! Thanks for finding the Hebrew Minute!

Thanks for commenting, Craig! I didn't show it but my dividing knives have been altered so that they are micro thin. They separate the seam very nicely especially when hide glue is used. I appreciate your concern and if it is hard to separate, I do try heat. Hope you have a wonderful week!