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		<title>Mirecourt violin repair &#8211; gluing cracks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With spool clamps made the next job was to begin the process of gluing the cracks ready for the reinforcing cleats. First I had to mix up some fresh glue. Elsewhere I noted that I had converted an old coffee drip machine as a double heater for the glue.
The glue granules were dissolved in water [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fourstrings.wordpress.com&blog=2541482&post=532&subd=fourstrings&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mirecourt violin repair &#8211; making spool clamps</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the violin apart I realised that I only had half enough spool clamps &#8211; so before proceeding with the repair I made another 15 clamps bringing the total to 30 &#8211; which should be more than enough to reassemble the violin.
I know I&#8217;ve shown you before, but I thought a step by step view [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fourstrings.wordpress.com&blog=2541482&post=516&subd=fourstrings&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mirecourt violin restoration 2 &#8211; assessing the damage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the top plate removed I gave the inside a thorough brushing with a soft brush to remove any dust so I could see if there were other issues that might affect how I went about the restoration.I was looking to see if there was any insect or fungal damage, and I wanted to see [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fourstrings.wordpress.com&blog=2541482&post=505&subd=fourstrings&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mirecourt violin restoration 1 &#8211; Michel-Ange Garini</title>
		<link>http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/mirecourt-violin-restoration-1-michel-ange-garini/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Violins under the name Michel-Ange Garini were made around 1900- 1920 in Vosges, France in the Mirecourt region. This violin came into my hands via a luthier friend in Canberra who had decided it was uneconomic to repair.
It was clear to me that I had some challenges ahead. The violin is nicely constructed and finished [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fourstrings.wordpress.com&blog=2541482&post=493&subd=fourstrings&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Griffin Stoller with &#8216;Catharsis&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/griffin-stoller-with-catharsis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fourteen year old Griffin Soller is one to watch &#8211; Here he is playing the celtic tune &#8216;Catharsis&#8217;

Cheers
Jerry
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		<title>Hardanger fiddle &#8211; new bridge</title>
		<link>http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/2009/08/02/hardanger-fiddle-new-bridge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wasn&#8217;t entirely satisfied with the Tasmanian Blackwood bridge I made previously &#8211; it was functional, but the sound was thin &#8211; the cost of making it from a particularly hard wood. After doing some reading I found that many violin bridges are made from sycamore &#8211; and having some American sycamore handy I thought [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fourstrings.wordpress.com&blog=2541482&post=482&subd=fourstrings&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Violin School of Switzerland</title>
		<link>http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/the-violin-school-of-switzerland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main violin school in Switzerland &#8211; some nice work here  

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		<title>4th July &#8211; US anthem on a baseball bat fiddle</title>
		<link>http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/4th-july-us-anthem-on-a-baseball-bat-fiddle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As it is 4th of July for our American friends, I thought I&#8217;d share this gem. Violinist Glen Donnellan built an electric violin out of a baseball bat to produce a singularly USA instrument in time for their Independence Day celebrations.

Cheers
Jerry
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		<title>80&#8217;s classics rendered as ragtime piano pieces</title>
		<link>http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/80s-classics-rendered-as-ragtime-piano-pieces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[80&#8217;s classics rendered as ragtime piano pieces &#8211; Scott Bradlee is amazing!

Cheers
Jerry
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		<title>Sherlock Holmes violin from Conan Doyle&#8217;s garden</title>
		<link>http://fourstrings.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/sherlock-holmes-violin-from-conan-doyles-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 08:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a sycamore tree had to come down in the childhood garden of writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, what better tribute than to make a violin from it in honour of the fictional character Sherlock Holmes. Holmes &#8211; the inspiration for modern forensic detective work &#8211; was said to play his violin to free up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fourstrings.wordpress.com&blog=2541482&post=468&subd=fourstrings&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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