Saturday, November 05, 2005
THIS VIOLIN CAME TO ME FOR REPAIR
VIOLINS OF THIS TYPE ARE HAND CONSTRUCTED AND HAVE A HISTORY WITH FAMILY MEMBERS..THEY ARE NOT WORTH MUCH ON THE OPEN MARKET, BUT TO A FAMILY WHO REMEMBERS GRAND PAW PLAYING IT ...IT IS PRICELESS...I RESTORED THIS VIOLIN TO A PLAYABLE GOOD SOUNDING INSTRUMENT....BY THE WAY...IT HAD A STICKER IN IT THAT SAID STRADIVARIUS......THERE WERE SEVERAL HUNDRED MADE BY THE STRADIVARIUS ABOUT 700...690'S VIOLINS AND 3000 OF THEM ARE HERE IN CHEATHAM COUNTY. HMMM
TO THE LEFT IS A DULCIMER, I MADE FOR SHERRY CRENSHAW..THE TOP IS WESTERN CEDAR, BACK AND SIDES CHERRY... REAL MELLOW SOUND
Saturday, August 06, 2005
BINDING CHANNEL FINISHED
IN THIS PHOTO'S THE BINDING CHANNEL IS READY TO INSTALL THE BINDING 3/16 WIDE, IVORY, BLACK , IVORY HAND TOOLS ARE STILL USED A LOT. IN THE PHOTO ARE A LEFT AND RIGHT HONED KNIVE, AND A SMALL TOOL FOR CLEANING OUT THE CHANNEL..IN THE BACKGROUND THE HEADSTOCK ON THE NECK HAS HAD THE CHANNEL CUT AND IS READY FOR THE BINDING...
Monday, January 24, 2005
Saturday, January 22, 2005
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Selecting of Wood
SELECTION OF WOOD IS THE FIRST STEP.
MAPLE IS STABLE, SOUNDS GOOD, LOOKS GOOD. IT IS BEGINNING TO COST A LOT TO FIND THE SPECIAL FIGURED TYPES NEEDED..FIGURE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SOUND THOUGH .
MAPLE IS STABLE, SOUNDS GOOD, LOOKS GOOD. IT IS BEGINNING TO COST A LOT TO FIND THE SPECIAL FIGURED TYPES NEEDED..FIGURE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SOUND THOUGH .
RESONATOR GUITAR MAKING
A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE NAME BRAND DOBRO GUITAR..
THE DOBRO, AS IT IS CALLED, IS A RESONATOR GUITAR, MADE OF WOOD OR METAL...THE DOPERA BRO'S RUDY , LEO, AND JOHN WERE PIONEERS IN THIS FIELD, THERE WERE METAL DOBRO'S MADE AND WOODEN BODY DOBRO'S . THEY STARTED MAKING DOBRO'S OF METAL BEFORE WWII AND THE OUTBREAKE OF THE WAR THE NEED FOR METALS WAS GREAT , THEY STARTED TO BUILD, SOME OF WOOD BECAUSE OF THE SHORT SUPPLY....WHAT SEPERATES THE RESONATOR GUITAR FROM OTHER GUITARS. ARE THIS...A THIN SHAPE METAL CONE IS INSTALLED EITHER IN A ROUND SOUND WELL, OR SETS IN A LIP IN THE TOP OF A GUITAR, AND IS SUPPORTED WITH SOUND POST.......THE CONE VIBRATES, GERERATING A SOUND. KIND OF WORKS LIKE A RADIO SPEAKER.....
.THE SLECTION OF WOOD IS IMPORTANT IN VOICING THE INSTRUMERT..
MAPLE ----BRIGHT MELLOW SOUND.
ROSEWOOD , SIDES AND BACK, WITH A SPRUCE TOP...DEEP RINGING BELL SOUND.
CHERRY WOOD, THE MIDDLE TO MELLOW SOUND.
WALNUT AND MOST NUT TREES GREAT MID AND LOW RANGE SOUND.
ACOUSTICS ARE A LITTLE VARABLE WITH A RESONATOR GUITAR, SINCE IT HAS A METAL CONE THAT VIBRATES, WOOD DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE, I USE THE SOUND POST SYSTEM AND BACK BAFFLE, TO ADD PUNCH OR BODY TO THE SOUND. SO I CAN TAKE THE USE OF SOME VIBRATION IN THE WOOD. EVERY BRACE IS CARVED BY HAND TOOLS , AND JUST A FEW POWER TOOLS ARE USED SUCH AS.. SANDER, JOINTER, BANDSAW. VERY BASIC STUFF.
FLM
THE DOBRO, AS IT IS CALLED, IS A RESONATOR GUITAR, MADE OF WOOD OR METAL...THE DOPERA BRO'S RUDY , LEO, AND JOHN WERE PIONEERS IN THIS FIELD, THERE WERE METAL DOBRO'S MADE AND WOODEN BODY DOBRO'S . THEY STARTED MAKING DOBRO'S OF METAL BEFORE WWII AND THE OUTBREAKE OF THE WAR THE NEED FOR METALS WAS GREAT , THEY STARTED TO BUILD, SOME OF WOOD BECAUSE OF THE SHORT SUPPLY....WHAT SEPERATES THE RESONATOR GUITAR FROM OTHER GUITARS. ARE THIS...A THIN SHAPE METAL CONE IS INSTALLED EITHER IN A ROUND SOUND WELL, OR SETS IN A LIP IN THE TOP OF A GUITAR, AND IS SUPPORTED WITH SOUND POST.......THE CONE VIBRATES, GERERATING A SOUND. KIND OF WORKS LIKE A RADIO SPEAKER.....
.THE SLECTION OF WOOD IS IMPORTANT IN VOICING THE INSTRUMERT..
MAPLE ----BRIGHT MELLOW SOUND.
ROSEWOOD , SIDES AND BACK, WITH A SPRUCE TOP...DEEP RINGING BELL SOUND.
CHERRY WOOD, THE MIDDLE TO MELLOW SOUND.
WALNUT AND MOST NUT TREES GREAT MID AND LOW RANGE SOUND.
ACOUSTICS ARE A LITTLE VARABLE WITH A RESONATOR GUITAR, SINCE IT HAS A METAL CONE THAT VIBRATES, WOOD DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE, I USE THE SOUND POST SYSTEM AND BACK BAFFLE, TO ADD PUNCH OR BODY TO THE SOUND. SO I CAN TAKE THE USE OF SOME VIBRATION IN THE WOOD. EVERY BRACE IS CARVED BY HAND TOOLS , AND JUST A FEW POWER TOOLS ARE USED SUCH AS.. SANDER, JOINTER, BANDSAW. VERY BASIC STUFF.
FLM
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