Gliga Violin

July 8, 2015 at 06:35 PM · Hi Ted.

I have a Cristian Gliga violin made in 2001. I think they use the name to designate certain models. If he is a luthier, judging by my violin, he's not very good. Bad bridge, horrendous planing of the fingerboard, badly fit pegs. If I were a luthier, I would never allow an instrument like the one I have to go out. If it were my workshop, I would not have let an instrument go out in that condition.

Leon

July 10, 2015 at 10:04 AM · Importers of Gliga violins (made in Rumania) have to set them up properly. Then they seem to sound pleasant, warm rather than harsh.

July 10, 2015 at 04:35 PM · Thank you Leon for the interesting feedback. I say interesting because I took my violin for sound post adjustment to a local luthier and she said the workmanship of my violin is neat and it is made with good selection of wood but it is very heavy. She suggested to change the ebony accessories like the chin rest and pegs to boxwood and reduce the fine tuners to one. The model of my violin is Ceruti, so I doubt that Christian Gliga is just a model name. Again I am not sure.

July 10, 2015 at 08:08 PM · Hi Ted

The ceruti cost more than twice what mine did. That is probably why there is a difference in build quality. I was also advisd to use lighter accessories. I'm having a new bridge put on now, so I'll wait and see if that helps. Taking off the fine tuners on mine improved the sound somewhat.

The label inside mine is signed Criststian Gliga But doesn't say what model.

Leon

July 13, 2015 at 07:49 PM · After some "googling" I find that Cristian is the son of Vasili.

The confusion can come from the inversion of family & given names: e.g. "Gliga Vasili violin" or "Gliga Christian violin" make us wonder if they are different models.