If you want it done right

April 3, 2007 at 1:03 PM

I am thinking of buying a "kit" and building my own violin. At first, my wife thought I was going over the top as my Russian pen pal would say, but now she is getting use to the idea.

It would really answer a lot of questions, like: is my nut and bridge set properly to give the optimum string height, is the sound post in there right and then there is this book and CD that explains how to "tap tune" you violin while making it. I could custom build a bridge for my violin and set the feet curve to match the top curve of my violin and lay a straight edge down on the finger board and mark the height for each string and get the exact shape I need for the bridge top and sand it thin to make it more responsive to the sound.

My violin/fiddle teacher, yes I'm in Idaho - the violin and fiddle making state, and she has made the violin that I am playing now, plus her own and her son's two violins that he plays. We both own farm land and fight with balers and cheap hay prices and have a lot in common.

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