I think for the peg hole repair the plug never, ever, will be required to be removed; and for the cleats, well they would be chiseled away. He didn't use Titebond on the fabric of the instrument.
well he almost had me... almost. But when I saw him using that carpenter's wood glue I said... Nope... There's no faster way to fuck up a so-called restoration than to use commercial wood glue on an old antique. Contrary to what the label inside says, the violin is not a Guarneri' made instrument. It's likely some knockoff copy. I watched him grandstanding and showing off on camera pretending to be selective for the piece of wood that he was going to use for the cleats. We don't know what type of wood he chose to use for making the cleats. But typically and historically, crack seam cleats were always made from clear spruce wood. Spruce is responsive and lends itself well for making repair cleats. Moreover, spruce is also the most resonant wood, so using it for cleats won't interfere with the overall tone quality of the instrument top. When he decided to splice and add cleats he pretended to split and shave that cleat to the desired shape. But he left it 1000 times more proud than it needed to be. A typical cleat is just about 1/4 inch in thickness at most and is always adhered to the repaired crack with hide glue. He used commercial wood glue, which is NOT reversible when dried and cured. Hide Glue was ALWAYS used and is still preferred by professional luthiers that specialize in repairing old and antique collectable musical instruments including the viol family of instruments. Commercial wood glue is not audio responsive and is prone to failure after only a few years because it gets hard, dry and brittle. Hide glue is ALWAYS responsive. It provides superior adhesion that can last hundreds of years. Moreover, Hide Glue is 100% reversible with a simple application of warm water to soften. Old glue melds well and mixes with new hide glue, so repairs are no problem because the presence of old hide glue is completely compatible with new hide glue. Wood Glue becomes water insoluble and water proof. Hide glue remains water soluble no matter how long it sits. He used sandpaper on his cleats after the glue dried. Most luthier repair experts will either simply carve them to the desired thickness and with a raised pyramid shape, or will use their wood scraper to finalize the thickness while smoothing it out. They would NEVER consider using commercially based adhesives, especially wood glue, and they sure as shit would never use sandpaper on an old instrument as this guy did. Oh sure, he has all the right tools and is seen using them almost appropriately and correctly. But I think it's all just for show. I can't help but wonder about the sincerity of his fingerboard that he appears to be carving. The finished fingerboard shape is too indiscreetly different from the piece of wood he was pretending to carve. They are 2 different pieces of wood. The finger board he used looks to have been commercially and mass produced. Not coming back. I did NOT watch the full video. If he did in fact do this repair, it's likely that he cheated OFF CAMERA to end up with the final product. I don't know how it turned out and don't care. I saw enough to know that he's not a violin repairman (aka "luthier...). This whole video feels staged and scripted... which it probably is. BYE...!!!
Relax. This guy is a pro, you are obviously not. You can't tell by the way he quickly operates that he's a pro? You can't see from his movements that he's done this hundreds of times? You can't see that he chose to use white glue instead of hide glue? (White glue is superior in some respects. He doesn't want this joint to be reversible. And your silly beliefs of the difference in acoustic response with respect to this extremely thin layer of glue is ridiculous. You need to get some physics intuition and not just repeat BS that you read on the internet.) He used hide glue for the fingerboard. It's not like he doesn't know how to use hide glue. I think real professionals will recognize that this guy is a pro.
I enjoyed watching this video. Very well done. I would love to make and repair violins. It’s my goal in life to do what you do.
What a fabulous restoration! Thank you so much for sharing this! 👏👏👏👏
very nice. some unusual methods but great work! thank you for sharing!
Very good job.
Nice restoration. Throw out all your title bond
Thanx.❤❤❤
The devil went up to Chicago, he was lookin for a soul to steal.
Why did you use white glue on the cleats? That glue is horrible….
I think for the peg hole repair the plug never, ever, will be required to be removed; and for the cleats, well they would be chiseled away. He didn't use Titebond on the fabric of the instrument.
the horror - sandpaper
it's a good restauration...
well he almost had me... almost. But when I saw him using that carpenter's wood glue I said... Nope... There's no faster way to fuck up a so-called restoration than to use commercial wood glue on an old antique. Contrary to what the label inside says, the violin is not a Guarneri' made instrument. It's likely some knockoff copy.
I watched him grandstanding and showing off on camera pretending to be selective for the piece of wood that he was going to use for the cleats. We don't know what type of wood he chose to use for making the cleats. But typically and historically, crack seam cleats were always made from clear spruce wood. Spruce is responsive and lends itself well for making repair cleats. Moreover, spruce is also the most resonant wood, so using it for cleats won't interfere with the overall tone quality of the instrument top.
When he decided to splice and add cleats he pretended to split and shave that cleat to the desired shape. But he left it 1000 times more proud than it needed to be. A typical cleat is just about 1/4 inch in thickness at most and is always adhered to the repaired crack with hide glue. He used commercial wood glue, which is NOT reversible when dried and cured. Hide Glue was ALWAYS used and is still preferred by professional luthiers that specialize in repairing old and antique collectable musical instruments including the viol family of instruments.
Commercial wood glue is not audio responsive and is prone to failure after only a few years because it gets hard, dry and brittle. Hide glue is ALWAYS responsive. It provides superior adhesion that can last hundreds of years. Moreover, Hide Glue is 100% reversible with a simple application of warm water to soften. Old glue melds well and mixes with new hide glue, so repairs are no problem because the presence of old hide glue is completely compatible with new hide glue. Wood Glue becomes water insoluble and water proof. Hide glue remains water soluble no matter how long it sits.
He used sandpaper on his cleats after the glue dried. Most luthier repair experts will either simply carve them to the desired thickness and with a raised pyramid shape, or will use their wood scraper to finalize the thickness while smoothing it out. They would NEVER consider using commercially based adhesives, especially wood glue, and they sure as shit would never use sandpaper on an old instrument as this guy did.
Oh sure, he has all the right tools and is seen using them almost appropriately and correctly. But I think it's all just for show. I can't help but wonder about the sincerity of his fingerboard that he appears to be carving. The finished fingerboard shape is too indiscreetly different from the piece of wood he was pretending to carve. They are 2 different pieces of wood. The finger board he used looks to have been commercially and mass produced.
Not coming back. I did NOT watch the full video. If he did in fact do this repair, it's likely that he cheated OFF CAMERA to end up with the final product. I don't know how it turned out and don't care. I saw enough to know that he's not a violin repairman (aka "luthier...). This whole video feels staged and scripted... which it probably is. BYE...!!!
Relax. This guy is a pro, you are obviously not. You can't tell by the way he quickly operates that he's a pro? You can't see from his movements that he's done this hundreds of times? You can't see that he chose to use white glue instead of hide glue? (White glue is superior in some respects. He doesn't want this joint to be reversible. And your silly beliefs of the difference in acoustic response with respect to this extremely thin layer of glue is ridiculous. You need to get some physics intuition and not just repeat BS that you read on the internet.) He used hide glue for the fingerboard. It's not like he doesn't know how to use hide glue. I think real professionals will recognize that this guy is a pro.