Violin played for the first time in 90 years!! - 130 Year old W.E.Hill & Sons restoration finished
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2020
- Day 6: Finishing the violin and playing the first sounds on the W.E. Hill violin for 90 years!!
Watch Master Violin maker Olaf Grawert as he restores a WE Hill & Sons violin from 1890. This violin has not been played for about 90 years and belonged to a prominent Queensland musical family who went to London in 1890 to buy the violin for one of the three daughters.
As Olaf keeps working on the violin find out more about the instrument, it's main player and how the family had a lasting influence in the classical music scene in Queensland in the late 1800's. Olaf also explains more about the maker and the story of the company.
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Historic correction: R.T. Jefferies retired from public performances in 1910. Arena took his place on the viola with Veda taking the principal role. Arena continued to play on viola with the quartet up until 1930. Arena was concert master in all the orchestras R.T.Jefferies conducted. Brisbane is divided by a river which runs roughly east to west. Under R.T.Jefferies direction, the orchestra on the south side of Brisbane joined with the orchestra on the north side of Brisbane tonform the Brisbane Union Orchestra. Arena was concert master of this orchestra, which went on to become the Queensland Symphony Orchestra we all know and love today.
Glad I scrolled & read your post.
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100 years from now, some violin owner will have a record of their violin's luthier restoring it while wearing pink shorts.
Bless.
Man I can hear that thing resonate through the screen.
Why do I enjoy listening John Malkovich playing/restoring violins?
The violin should be honored to be played by a legend like Olaf
YOU?? AGAIN?? Y bro
Thank you, mustache man.
This has really been an experience, thank you for sharing more of your expertise with us Olaf!
Yes, thanks for this
It's important what he explains
I'm violinist🎻
My respects🙌🏻
That violin has enormous potential. Keep playing it!
Most or all of the last people to hear that violin are passed on. Beautiful to hear it again.
Hi olaf! I notice you're wearing a wedding ring, do you have any children who want to carry on your practice? If not, do you have any apprentices?
Your craft is so amazing, I cant imagine not passing down your wisdom to someone!
He's passing it down to us right now.😉
Hi Jenny,
I have children... we'll have to see what their life journey will be. It would be amazing to have a third generation in our family.
There was a young one in the background working on a violin once.
master violin maker
I wished I had the money to have Olaf make me a violin. Ever since watching TwoSet I've wanted to learn how to play, but I don't want to buy a cheapo and have it fixed for a few hundred. I'd rather have the legend make it.
Went to his site....saw the Violins he adjusts to his standards....know how much to save for now. :D
Großartig. Habe dich ueber TwoSet gefunden. Ich spiele nicht mal Geige, aber ich bin von euch begeistert. Macht Spass dir zuzuhoeren. Stay safe and sane. 😷😷😷👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I love your Starry Night mug!
wow, it's so touching to see that lil violin in such an old picture with his original owner. it kind of "humanizes" the instrument, it makes you feel like he has his memories, because literally it has his story. we don't really realize how much story every single instrument holds. thank you olaf for bringing him back to life
Been a string player most of my life cello, guitar,ukulele, harmonica,banjo, now learning violin what a sweet beautiful beautiful sound I love that classical sound and the orchestral sound all together harmonica wow a string player playing a wind instrument 🥴 becoming a fan Olaf definitely subscribed and definitely a string geek lol great job brother
Antique violins sound great! I have a 121 yr old German made Strad copy that I absolutely love - the resonance on it is amazing.
I am struck by the magnitude of the distance that this family travelled to buy a violin. From Brisbane to London is approximately 9000 nautical miles or around 10,300 statute miles. It would have taken about 30 days of sailing to get there. That’s amazing.
Please make more of these! One of my favorite recent videos on TH-cam
nice instruments deserved to be played!
brett & eddy :- do you wanna build a violin ?
olaf :- hi, I'm olaf, and i'm making warm VIOLINS !!!
Twoset's DIY violin doesn't even qualify as a VSO.
Vaguely shaped object? 😂
DavieJones2nd vso = violin shaped object
Twoset's DIY violin=a piece of wood
if you throw it high enough, it can be qualify as UFO
Haha... bits of wood glued and stuck together 😀
this reminds me of the red violin for some reason. I am very humbled to see a master craftsman like yourself at work on such a beautiful instrument with such provenance. What a noble craft you have.
Funny rasping the nails joke ! haha , happens all the time, rasp is one of my best friends in flute making . Merci Olaf pour le bon video toujours inspirant !
It's so nice that these artifacts of wood survived so well, with all the playing and traveling they have done and then the storage. It's even nicer to see it restored and then likely to put to use again. Well made instruments should be played to make music.
As a someone who has never touched a violin. I learn all the intricacies in playing the violin from Twoset, and all intricacies of maintaining and making violins from Olaf.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful violin with everyone. Its sound is amazing.
Marvelous. I'm so glad this lovely instrument found its way to you.
Watching Olaf work is like watching my grandfather work when I was a child. It's very nostalgic and heartwarming. Thank you for sharing your work with us 💖
Lovely sound. Very informative video. Thanks.
Hope Eddy and Brett pop by and you let them have a play...😉
I got so excited when Olaf said the violin had a dust ball!!!
Loved this series! I wouldn't mind if you could share something similar with a bigger restoration project some time in the future. And also the Hill sounds so beautiful.
he got a new coffee mug!
a different van gogh painting every day 😁
The example you gave with the tuning fork and how the resonance of the violin works was so incredible!
Wonderful instrument and beautifully done reparation!
I just watched all 6 parts while doing a knitting project. Great series! I've played violin for about 11 years now but I didn't know anything about how they were made. I've learned a lot from your channel, Olaf. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
i wonder what you knitted ☺️
@@kisnpisn4919 I'm making a blanket out of a bunch of squares.
@@mintbrownieangelfish-6114 beautiful! i‘m sure it turns out magical✨😉
@@kisnpisn4919 Thanks!
A long and satisfying video.!! Thank you olaf sama.
I LOVE this video so much. As a teenager I played an 1896 WE Hill violin which I had from a loan scheme. Such beautiful instruments, and I count myself fortunate to have played one for 3 years back then. So glad you could bring this one back to life!
That violin really does have an incredible sound
Looking forward to that 100 AUD violin video!
Anyway I love the resonance of tuning fork when you put it on the bridge, it sounds unique idk why
Beautiful work and great history! Thanks for these Videos!
What a series! So insightful into the world of a luthier
Omg cant wait for the $100 violin!
I feel like..it might be the same own two set bought =p
the violin's sound makes me goosebump, its so magical. I always think "magical sound" only happen in anime (you know, like... when Kousei (shigatsu wa kimi no uso) play piano and the scene suddenly have a beautiful landscape), but when i hear the violin's sound, i feel like i can see a beautiful scenery, blue, crystal, and magical. its so weird but also magical!
*luthier puts on red curly wig, stares at my neck*
Ah yes, quality.
😆
amazing
Edwina’s got some competition
Came in on Day 6 of this series. What a beautiful violin. Such lovely wood. I'm sure she will amply repay the love you poured into her restoration.
This was really fun to watch. I love the violin- it has a similar strong sound to my violin. 😄
I just finished watching this series and it was highly informative. These are precious relics, that demand special attention and care, and I'm happy that this instrument has been entrusted to you, Olaf, to make it playable again. I've been enjoying your channel for a couple of years now, and I thoroughly enjoy your easy demeanor, and your experience and experience in violin making.
I'm sixty-one years old, and I have been a musician since I was a boy. I played in the school bands and orchestra through high school, but not on the violin. I played the euphonium, a four valve baritone horn. I played the guitar, bass, and mandolin in rock bands for over thirty years, but I didn't begin playing the violin until I was forty-one years old. I have always been emotionally moved by the sound of a well played violin, and I had dreams of playing the violin for many years. So, when I turned forty, I started feeling the crunch of time catching up with me. I bought a violin and I took three years of lessons, and I got to take recitals with the kids. It was loads of fun, and for the graded portion of the recitals, I played duets with my teacher.
I ended up with a very nice modern German violin that I bought used for $4500 USD, after trying out a $100 VSO to see if I was going to be able to make a go of it. Needless to say, my second violin is a far superior instrument compared to the first one (the dreadful VSO). The shop where I bought my violin is owned by a violin maker named Angelo Eftimeo (Valley of the Sun Violins Scottsdale Arizona USA). He's been taking care of my violin for almost twenty years. Starting the violin as late in life as I did, I know that I'll never be a master violinist, but that's not necessary. I play for the enjoyment of the music, and the comaraderie of other musicians. There is so much joy to be found in just playing music!
This whole series was so awesome. What an amazing opportunity to be directly involved with the history of this beautiful violin!
Such a fascinating journey! I hope the family is enjoying the violin. Thank you for sharing, Olaf.
Thank you very much for sharing this restoration with us, Olaf!
It is always exciting to see pieces of the past (I don't wanna limit this to instruments) recovering their original beauty; but this has been even better because of you. Your passion and professionalism really show and they, along with the nice bits we get to see of your personality, made these videos really engaging and interesting.
Tonight, for me, they've been a very effective coping mechanism, so no amount of words can really convey my gratitude towards you.
Thanks a lot! 💕 I'll be looking forward to the next videos! Happy week!
I don't know much about violins but that was fascinating to watch. Really good to see a restoration. Will keep an eye out for any others you do. Would be interesting to see one of your major restorations.
I could not tell you how much I enjoyed this. It was a pleasure to watch you work, and to hear the violin come to life.
Beautiful instrument, amazing sound!
Thank you for bringing it back to life. 😊
Only saw the thumbnail but I gotta say you look great for being in your hundreds and your violin skill seems like you never missed a day!
It's great to hear it sing after seeing some of the reasons for its wonderful voice ! ! !
This has been an amazing project Olaf and its been super entertaining and informative! Excited to see more videos from your channel!
This was fascinating ! All I know about violin is from watching twoset and your channel. And I love it ! Looking forward to hopefully see some more major restaurations !
Really appreciated this series. I’m currently at violin making school and getting to see the work you do and how you do it is awesome. Hope to see more in the future!
There is a school?
Lee Crotty There are many schools across the world. I go the the Violin Making School of America in Salt Lake City, Utah. The two other best known schools in the US are the Chicago school and North Bennet Street School. I don’t know too much about the schools outside of the US, but they definitely exist.
@@Statsomatic great to hear.
Have know some very good makes and restrorers who studied at Salt Lake City.
Hope you guys are doing ok through quarantine. It's a bit hard to learn violinmaking via zoom.
dayum, there's none in my local area and even in my whole country. Did a google search and there are none on my continent even -.-. I kinda wanna learn but well... I don't want to leave my country where my family is. I'll probably head to my local violin makers and ask them where they learnt haha... (or maybe attempt to and go google even more because I'm too socially awkward to say anything)
@Statsomatic There's only one violin making school/university in my country, in Italy 🇮🇹: Cremona! Unfortunately, I found it too late (as now I'm a student of another uni) 😭... You are very lucky!
So, in Cremona the students (5 for every year 😨) study for 5 yr "Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage", in particular scientific and musical instruments: as far as I know, there are many hours of laboratory (350 hours only the first year) and other subjects such as physics, chemistry, art history and some music.
Fantastic series showing the mechanics of a violin. I never miss your posts.
If you can restore it slowly You can restore it quickly
Nm
Lol! 😂
lmao.. hilarious
Heidrun Schwartz
Ling ling could do it in 40 seconds.
i play the piano. idk a thing or two about violins, and here i am. idk, maybe i just like how you look so enthusiastic about your job.
Really enjoyed this. Knew absolutely nothing about violin and it was great getting some insights and seeing how much you cared! Thanks bud!
This was an amazing series. I would love to see more of these, especially a more intense restoration. I think it's amazing that you can take something that looks like it's fit for the bin and restore it into a really nice, playable instrument.
This was a great Fianl
You have such a beautiful job
Very cool. The way you speak is so calming and the stories and how you work with the violin, great info!
The sound is amazing! Great job Olaf!
The violin is now on permanent loan to the concertmaster of the Queensland Youth Orchestra. Gratitude to David Dalseno for its care.
Good to hear...
With an instrument of that pedigree, hopefully he'll take it to a professionally trained violin maker and restorer to keep it in optimal playing condition.
The QYO really is world class!
Nice job & nice fiddle.
I can already tell that is a high quality violin from the 1st pizz that you did when you was tuning.... I wish i got money to buy a violin lile that ! Amazing job sir olaf !
Great series! Thanks for the inside-look! I wish there had been a little before and after comparison at the end, but maybe later on!
Amazing find. I’m so glad that it fell into your hands so that I could be lovingly restored, played and live on for many more centuries. How I wish we could transport you to New York to grace us with your knowledge and expert hands.
Thanks so much, Olaf, what a lovely video series this is. Fascinating to see how you work. :)
My god. It's got such a full, rich sound. What a pleasure. It's not only a piece of history, but a token of craftsmanship that stood the test of time and, through your hands, given new life. Must have been an honour to have worked on it, and I'm sure the work you've done will undoubtedly be viewed as something most honorable as well in the 130 years to come. Cheers!
Thank you for the tip about making sure you have 100% control of your tools. It’s important for many practices. I’ll keep it in mind.
I would give a kidney to have a workshop like yours. I really love your videos and your skill.
This was a great series Olaf! Thank you for the videos!
What a wonderful sound! So complex, like a very fine aged wine.
fantastic restoration job, and thank you for the beautiful mini-concert as well! ^_^
This was so interesting to watch, I’d love to see some more restoration videos
This has been a great experience. I dont play violin, but it's always fascinating how instruments make sounds. Also you're so passionate, it's contagious.
Looking forward to the VSO video. 😁
I enjoyed this series. I can't wait for the restoration/reparation of another violin.
Wow it has such a ring! I'm jealous of the owner 🥰
Hey Olaf, I don't know if you are familiar with reddit but I made a subreddit about your work where people can post memes and stuff about your amazing work. The subreddit is called OlafTheViolinMaker. The description of the subreddit comes from the website of your violin studio.
Wow, such a gorgeous sound!
We really love to see your masterful works!!
Thanks Olaf - great series!
really enjoyed these!
What a ride! Thank you for sharing this journey with us. It's been a wonderful watch.
This has been a really cool series of videos, can't wait for the $60 VSO video
Oh, I missed that it would be Australian dollars. Explains some of the things he found inside... I bet when you breach 100 USD and keep an eye on the reviews, most of the worst offenses will not occur.
such beautiful playing!
Sounds great. really like that violin.
Such a great series! I was really on the edge of my seat waiting for the playing. It sounds so lovely!
Love seeing this process! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing the restoration, Olaf! Learned a lot!
When you took the file to it, I flinched so hard before I remembered that you're used to this. How do you keep calm when working on such an old violin?
I imagine he's got a ton of experience, and that translates to being chill about working on a 130 year old violin.
I think youre one of the most underrated youtubers out there at the moment so much effort is put into these videos
Sounds sweet Olaf.
This series has been great! So cool to see the progress you made on the violin. I would love to see more! Thanks :)
Such a cool video and amazing restoration! Thanks for sharing!