Tag Archives: viola

Instrument, Techniques

Raising the Projection

Posted on by Sally
19
Nov

This is a guide to a common adjustment, especially in times when instruments experience higher than average humidity. Excess moisture in the air can cause the spruce top of an instrument to swell, most notably in a transverse direction (perpendicular to the grain). Since the plate is fixed around the edges, it has nowhere to go […]

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Bow, Techniques

Fill Stick at Thumb Projection with Optical Epoxy

Posted on by Kari Azure
18
Sep

Often, a musician will wear a divot in the bow where the thumb contacts the stick. The use of the optical epoxy to fill the worn area is a noninvasive and reversible restoration and looks good as well. MATERIALS AND TOOLS -good-quality, non-stretching transparent packing tape – modelling clay or candle wax – 1 dental dappen dish – […]

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