This update will feature what I've been doing during this autumn. And as always there is a story... My older brother found this old violin in his house... it's built in Lidköping in Sweden, the 14th August, 1903, by E. Pettersson! If there are someone that's knows something about this Luthier it would be nice to here it! We don't know how long it's been laying there, our theory is that the owner has gotten a new violin and then taken some stuff from this violin.
This has been my first repair-work, and I have enjoyed it very much!
(sorry for my homemade violin-english...)
I've done four new tuning screws/stämskruvar.
A new stable/stall.
Polished it.
Restringed it.
Put in a new sound-pin/ljudpinne.
Put on a new string-holder/stränghållare.
And constructed a new over-saddle/översadel.
Put on new shoulder-rest and cheek rest(?).
Well that's about it, yesterday I tuned it and it sounds good, at least in my ears! I played on it, mostly out-of tune but that's my fault and not the violins... at least my neighbors didn't bang on the wall...
Take care!
Here's some before and after pictures:
Imponerande jobb P-G! Väldigt fin.
SvaraRadera