List of parts and names – reviewed
riccardo964 Here's a full list of violin/fiddle parts, from the body, to the bow.
General lutherie
Designing new violins from scratch
What if one desires to come up with different violin designs from scratch, what to think about this topic?
On fake (and truthful) violin labels
“Imitation is a kind of artless flattery.” Charles Caleb Colton (on Lacon: or Many Things in a Few Words) However, this next quote best represent its actual meaning: “Imitation is…
About violin cross-sections and bridges
Yes. We are in the end building a soundbox or acoustic box that will create music when musicians produce the right vibrations on strings. Here’s a cross section of the…
Let's discuss purfling cutters and groovers
There’s two tasks whilst working on the violin’s (or fiddle’s) purfling (or inlay making): cutting it and grooving it (in this order). A purfle is an ornamental border. In violins,…
Anatomy of a violin: it's basically 17 parts
A violin has fundamentally 17 parts (if we count f-hole as a ‘part’, the four tuning pegs together, the garland – although it has four parts, and we don’t mention…
Comments on wood for violin/fiddle making
As Jon Mangum put it, in his “How to Build a Fiddle” series on YouTube (which I strongly recommend you to see, a 14-part series), a violin follows traditional materials,…
First post and basic info
Let’s talk basics about violin (fiddle?) making, lutherie and wood. Basics Within the chordophone family (ie, musical instruments with strings) we have four fundamental types: zithers, lutes, lyres, and harps.…