Archive for April 2007 | Monthly archive page

EMS Country Links

Below you can find Electronic Addresses, according to the countries of the EMS services being in the Internet network. It makes much easy to check the rightness of the information about delivery of your express items. UK http://www.royalmail.com/portal/pw/track?catId=7500082 USA http://www.usps.com Argentina http://www2.correoargentino.com.ar/tyt/seguimiento2.html Australia http://ice.auspost.com.au/ Austria http://www.post.at/english/content/produkte/ems/tracking.shtml Belgium http://etracker.emstaxipost.be/index.asp?lang=fr Brazil http://200.252.60.3/sro/internacional/default.cfm Cambodia http://www.mptc.gov.kh/Postweb/on-line_tracking.htm Canada https://obc.canadapost.ca/emo/basicPin.do?language=en China [...]

Making the Baroque style neck joint on the violin

Making the Baroque style neck joint on the violin (and some other things of importance) The essential differences between the modern and Baroque way of making the neck joint are that in the Baroque style 1) the neck joint is made before cutting out the back and belly plates 2) instead of cutting a slot [...]

Latest Catalogue Ready (Violin, viola, cello, double bass, bows and cases)

Download the latest here http://www.old-violin-house.com/2007/TOVH-Catalogue-2007.pdf (6.6MB) PDF JPG versions here http://www.old-violin-house.com

Time taken to make my violins (and why China do not have much old aged wood of 20-30 years)

Q: How long is the time from: first assembly and glueing, until you finish and sell? How long do they sit and age after glueing? Thank you. Justin/USA A: after they are glued and assembled, they sit for 4-6 months, to ensure no cracks or defects. Then the teacher will test the sound of them [...]

How my workshop violins are graded? (or how I tell which is better than the other?)

Q: We notice that you describe your violins according to some grading system, e.g. some as ‘Advanced Level’, ‘Advanced Level 4/4′, ‘Professional Level’, ‘Rare’, etc. Can you please let us know what are the different grades you use. What are the criteria you use to grade them (e.g. is it by age and quality of [...]

Picture Gallery using Dalbum

I’ve decided to use Dalbum for my online inventory photo display. I figured I will add Flickr only later. Dalbum has dynamic generation of thumbnails on request, which may be faster compared to Flickr’s instant generation. Although the use of tags on Flickr would be very useful in filtering various products quickly. But I really [...]

Shar Music: sharmusic.com

This interview is an excellent inspiration for me. Here is an extract of the interview. The whole interview can be seen here http://sitemaker.umich.edu/livingmusic/browse_interviews&mode=single&recordID=595299&nextMode=list Shar Interview: Michael Jr. Avsharian, Owner, Executive Vice President, Shar Products Company Bio: Michael Avsharian Jr. is joint owner and Executive Vice President of Shar Products Company, a strings shop in Ann [...]