Today I have an email asking the above question. 1) violin LOB 354mm with viola ribs and viola bass bar #9212 (28mm width fingerboard at nut) 2) violin LOB 354mm with violin ribs and violin bass bar #9212 (similar in varnish, also 28mm) 3) violin LOB 355m with violin ribs #8967 (25mm width fingerboard at [...]
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Credits: The Session Here’s an excellent discussion on this topic. I’m mirroring it in case it got removed since it’s in a forum. It’s a discussion that’s related to the 5-strings violin-viola hybrid I made at my workshop, which in short is a viola shrunk to a violin size, but retaining the ribs to keep [...]
Made of Premium Quality Brazil Wood for outstanding stiffness and response. African Blackwood Frog, with Ox Bone Screw. No Metal Parts, just like the original. I use the best quality mongolian horsehair available to me If you buy this bow with any violin/violin case, the shipping for this bow is free. Below is a gallery [...]
Good Combination of Strength, Bounce & Balance. I use the best quality mongolian horsehair available to me. If you buy this bow with any violin/violin case, the shipping for this bow is free. Below is a gallery of photos of this model that has been sold previously. #Sold Gallery Cello Viola Violin If you like [...]
This is a design of the next generation of violins with more than 4 strings. I am very happy and encouraged by many of my customers who have contributed to make this design possible. I have combined all the ideas and tested them on a few models at the workshop with my Vecchio maker. This is a [...]
Why have we made this violin? This violin has one of the most unique tone we have heard for a violin, owing to its unique shape. Modern violins are no longer made with this shape after 1900 because of orchestral requirements favouring less overtones and a more focus tone. But the tone of this violin is full [...]
This is a good quality violin by Shanghai violinmaker Wen. He uses wood from Yunnan, different from those makers located in Beijing. Northeast wood has a different characteristic in that it is more dense. more solid. Most violins made in Shanghai uses these types of wood. When I commisioned this maker into Old Violin House’s network, I [...]
This is a wonderfully made ancient masterpiece. This is a copy of the first silent violin ever made in the history of the violin making. The main purpose was for practising sessions. The silent violin also give birth to the design of electric violins. There are probably less than 11 original period acoustic silent violins [...]
This is a good quality violin by Shanghai violinmaker Wen. He uses wood from Yunnan, different from those makers located in Beijing. Northeast wood has a different characteristic in that it is more dense. more solid. Most violins made in Shanghai uses these types of wood. When I commisioned this maker into Old Violin House’s network, I [...]
Why have we made this violin? Violins throughout the 17th and 18th century have all retained many of their flavours. Apart from the dimensions of the violins, many famous violinmakers also included some inscriptions or emblem design on some of the violins they make, especially if it was dedicated to a king or some member [...]
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