Violinmaker-in-Residence #14 Once the graduation of the back is finished it can be glued to the rib assembly, still secured on the formboard. The violin is almost entirely held together with glue. The one exception is the neck, which since…

Violinmaker-in-Residence #13 The top of the violin serves a different structural and acoustic function from the back and is designed quite differently. Our overall goal for the violin is to have a body strong enough to be stabile, as light…

Violinmaker-in-Residence #12 The graduation, or adjusting the thickness, of the plates is considered by most makers to be the key step in determining the voice and playing qualities to a violin. In actuality these playing qualities are a cumulative result…