Luthiers are awesome. I love how slow and gentle you work. you can't rush this kind of job.

I really enjoyed watching you work. I wasn't intending on watching the whole video as it is a bit long, but I couldn't stop. Instrument repair is so fascinating!

Very informative and helpful. Thanks. The sounds of life in the background are great.

Thank you for showing this work. Very informative and impressive.

Worth watching!

Les Feuilles Mortes playing in the background. A+

l have the same model hope 1800 antique violin lt was very useful

So much confidence in your movements!

Absolutely exquisite work you’ve done a magnificent job what kind of wood do you use for the patches on the inside?

What a professional job 👍

bagus sekali ! Matur suksma

I have an old violin in my basement that is in terrible condition, and is really special to my family. Someday soon I hope to repair it so that my sister, who plays violin, can play it and it will stay with our family.

@TheHorsexloverx

6 жыл бұрын

The longer you wait to repair it, the worse the condition will become. The best you can do right now is to move it from the basement into say, a closet or somewhere else that's a bit more climate controlled, as swings in temperature are hard on any wood, let alone a fine instrument. This will minimize some of the worsening condition. It'd be fantastic for your sister to be able to play it and keep it as a family heirloom, and I wish you the best of luck!

@inkey2

6 жыл бұрын

the other guy is right. The quicker you get it repaired the better

@saeidyazdani

5 жыл бұрын

Hahah is it another Strad !? lol

bless you @14:50

Bravo

I recently acquired an old violin that was stored in an attic for years. I removed the top to repair some of its’ cracks and noticed the wood is quite dry and brittle is there anything I can put on the wood to help preserve it that will not total destroy the sound quality of the violin ?

Very interesting! I don't mind the background noises - they don't obscure the voice, and it sounds like a real workshop should, with other craftsmen working and lots of activity.

Hello. What's the name of the clamp used in minute 6?

How much does all this damage then restoration affect the sound of the instrument?

where do you get your collection?

When applying patches, blocks, and graphs, do you use matching wood; for example, spruce for the top plate and maple for the back plate? Also, are the patches, blocks, and graphs that are used on the inside aligned to match the grain direction, or cross grain for added strength?

@alicephelps3941

7 жыл бұрын

Hydden N. Plainsyght you match the wood and put the cleats across the gram for strength :)

@alicephelps3941

7 жыл бұрын

Hydden N. Plainsyght GRAIN not gram!

@muzkat101

7 жыл бұрын

Oh, ok; excellent... that make good sense. Thanks kindly for the reply; its greatly appreciated.

Thank you for the videos sir. I wanted to share with you a technique of getting glue into the hard to get to diminishing ends of cracks with a little suction cup, the kind you might find holding a piece of crystal to a window. If you put a small pool of glue over the area, place the suction cup into the puddle and press, pull, press, pull, you will find it gets into the further reaches of a crack which traditional methods cannot reach. One question: at 15:28, why do you use hide glue instead of something more permanent, and should you not prepare the surfaces with moisture? Thanks.

@acmullane

6 жыл бұрын

please don't expect an answer from someone who edits out how to remove the top

in making crack repairs have you used or heard of using fiberglass and epoxy, that is used to make boat repairs, instead of the wood patches to hold cracks together

@richardwebb2348

4 жыл бұрын

To make the violin waterproof?

How can you work on such a delicate repair job with all that noise ? I can't even stand a fly fart when I'm restoring an instrument :-)

@ohger1

7 жыл бұрын

Yep, nothing is worse than flatulating Musca domesticas

@old-violin-international

6 жыл бұрын

... change your nutrition and relax ...

At what point does a violin like this become unserviceable? How many patches and cleats can the top receive before its resonance is diminished?

@inkey2

5 жыл бұрын

i believe "technically" resonance is diminished when "any" repair is done to the inside that involves gluing wood tabs over a crack. Now that being said the human ear may not able to detect a difference until many wood tabs have been installed.

2:00 Cleaning out 170 years of funk in the trunk

How much do these patches affect the tonal quality of the instrument?

@Spaxcore

4 жыл бұрын

I'm no luthier but I know that most violins over 100 years old have cleating done to them. Even master luthier violins will need patching. You'll even find them in Strads. So I imagine the effect is negligible.

15:24 "AH QUE CARALHO" me fez rir muito. Afora isso,excelente restauração, mestre =)

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

@Hezekiah Turner instablaster ;)

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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@malikkash5863

2 жыл бұрын

@Hezekiah Turner happy to help xD

I love working with hide glue. That is a wonderful brass clamp.

What ate the purpose of those sqare patches? (the old ones)

@tombird337

7 жыл бұрын

That's where another crack was

Is there a magic formula for the number and size of cleats to use on a crack?

@richardwebb2348

4 жыл бұрын

no

@OneRoundDown

3 жыл бұрын

Fibonacci sequence

Won't this affect the sound of the violin tremendously?

@paulfogarty7724

9 жыл бұрын

Probably would to a lesser extent but nearly all old violins end up having to have a similar operation done sooner or later. Its either that or retire the instrument.

15:24 "ah caralho" kkkkkkkkk

@lousilva5041

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

What kind of glue is nest to use?

@danvanlandingham3854

8 жыл бұрын

+PrincessFe1 animal hide glue.

@DutchViolins

8 жыл бұрын

+Dan VanLandingham No I don't think so: to long open time for hide glue.

Я бы не назвал мастером этого человека

fantastic, interesting ;) big like , and sub ofc ;)

I wished you had of showed how you removed the top.

@old-violin-international

9 жыл бұрын

St. Apollonius ... just see our other repair videos - there you'll find the process of opening a violin !

Jannes irps

When set so many patches, how it affecting at the sound, you thinking about it? These patches change the setting of the deck.!? You without thinking repeat awful work your predecessors.

😁

je suis luthier amateur ...a marakech.

Did that woman in the background just say..."Caralho"?

The woman say "Caralho" ahahahaha. min 24.33.

Fu..ing noise. Most irritating to hear while watching the fantastic work.

@old-violin-international

6 жыл бұрын

... just turn off the sound, or stop watching. Get your netflix to be entertained ...

No me gusta que este lleno de taquitos yo prefiero hacer taquitos incrustados es mejor

I bet this repair cost an eye and an arm

鑿？の切れ味がイマイチな気がする。。。

Too much trouble for a Hopf. Unless you guys work for peanuts, the repair costs more than the value of a Hopf violin.

@old-violin-international

9 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, we get paid in Greek olives ....

@acoow

9 жыл бұрын

Maybe the owner can afford to pay for the repair, but not to replace the instrument.

@JgHaverty

9 жыл бұрын

acoow HOPF's arent that expensive haha. This one probably had sentimental value, it certainly wasnt worth this effort.

@paulfogarty7724

9 жыл бұрын

Maybe not worth much but to the person who has probably been playing it all their life it means a lot.

@kyproset

9 жыл бұрын

Paul Fogarty These guys are fixing to sell it on E-bay. No sentimental value I'm afraid.

у меня у одного сложилось впечатление что "мастер" рукожоп? (((

nothing worse than a video with all the odd sounds and distracting movement!

the background NOISES are disturbing as well as confusing. Plan better.

15:24 :"Ah, que caralho" , kkkkkk

@marcusvarella2945

4 жыл бұрын

KKKKKK, sim!