Violin Forum/Message Board

Thank you Michael for that insight regarding violin necks re steam. I knew it was not typically done so I felt there was a very good reason not to.

I do not wish to hijack this thread but I wonder if violin luthiers ever use steam to release a neck?

This is very common in mandolin neck repair and resets. In fact I have done it myself to a fid ...

I should maybe amplify on the rules.

1/ Because it's less comfortable for the player to be working over the body, they're more tolerant of a neck that's long, or stop that's short, which moves the ...

Since you don't have frets, the "12th fret position" is rather unimportant. Some factors that would influence it include string type, fingerboard clearance at both ends and string condition ...

I am having a lot of trouble determining the correct bridge location when setting up/checking a fiddle.

I am used to dealing with fretted instruments where the string length is +- twice the distanc ...