iburkard.worklog
Saturday, June 16, 2007
After about ten minutes of rattling a small cigarette shaped piece of aged spruce around inside of my violin, I managed to set my first soundpost. Victory!
This is a major accomplishment, since most people are scared to death of doing this on their own, and take their instrument to a luthier. Plus, it's very difficult to work inside of a violin. Luckily I purchased two small tools which made the job fairly easy. I have NO idea how someone could MacGyver this kind of thing on the fly.
This is the first time that I've felt a sense of accomplishment in quite some time. I'll feel even better once I string the violin!
The violin case is also coming along nicely. I spent about seven hours (two nights) stitching the lining for the main body of the case. I had forgotten how long it takes to sew by hand... eesh. The main body of the case had been painted with black enamel, and is drying as we speak. The lid is still in disarray, and has been a real challenge to fix. It should come together in the next week or so.
This is a major accomplishment, since most people are scared to death of doing this on their own, and take their instrument to a luthier. Plus, it's very difficult to work inside of a violin. Luckily I purchased two small tools which made the job fairly easy. I have NO idea how someone could MacGyver this kind of thing on the fly.
This is the first time that I've felt a sense of accomplishment in quite some time. I'll feel even better once I string the violin!
The violin case is also coming along nicely. I spent about seven hours (two nights) stitching the lining for the main body of the case. I had forgotten how long it takes to sew by hand... eesh. The main body of the case had been painted with black enamel, and is drying as we speak. The lid is still in disarray, and has been a real challenge to fix. It should come together in the next week or so.