I did it! I : 1) accent'd the like button! 2) legato'd the subscribe button! 3) and I am commenting down below! Btw, I really enjoyed this! I play violin, and I was procrastina- I mean practicing- and now I can't stop watching you(and TwoSetViolin)! it's just really cool learning about how it works, I've learned so much more about the violin because of you! Please keep being A M A Z I N G !!! - Ana P.S. I'm wondering if you are enjoying the Violin> bass war like I am? Edit: Yes, I did finished Practicing afterwards! Guys, I have LingLing insurance.
If you can't stop watching their videos, then you aren't really practising at all... Please don't take this very seriously, I'm not up for an endless argument. ☺️
Oh wow, even Olaf is getting involved with the diss! Great video, keep up the awesome work, I love seeing the work that goes into violin making and how you explain everything.
2:20 "Well one of the functions is to make sure the entire front of the instrument doesn't totally collapse. But the MORE IMPORTANT function is"... lol.
I love this! It's very educative, and you can see all the hard work that goes into making this video! (Imagine doing a very delicate work fixing the bass-bar itself and then having to talk about it / show it on camera/ position the camera etc) Thanks Olaf!
Thank you Lucy. I really appreciate your comment... You are right... It's not always easy to put together a video, but I really love educating string players. It just makes better players when people really understand their instrument.
I’m fairly new to the violin making world, but I really enjoy and love the fact that Olaf makes it pretty easy to understand and explains what kind of materials he’s using :) sending love and wishing you health
(I am an orchestral violinist) Mr. Olaf I really like watching your videos. This one on the bass-bar was so informative. Thank you. Good luck in your endeavors.
Watching your video feels like watching man at arm's forging all those cool weapons. You're awesome, and very knowledgeable! Twoset and their music war brought me here, but your impressive way of explaining the inner workings and the craftsmanship behind the violin kept me here all the way through! Thank you for this; I had no idea this existed, and I love it!
I do so love a behind the scenes look of how stuff is made, the violin is just such a refined piece of woodcraft, so much work for just one piece of it!
Excellent performance, thank you for showing in such detail. I have one question if I may. You have placed the BB right on the edge of the top circle of the F-hole. On my 1857 Guarneri copy, J.B. Vuillaume violin, the BB is a couple of mm's away from the F-hole. I have been told in Vienna a couple of years ago by a prominent luthier, that it is in the wrong position (or angle) but not to an extent that would require replacement. How does this particular placement 2 mm's away from the F-hole affect the sound? A 41.5mm bridge works best for this violin. Thank you.
I would guess it has to do with the glue and drying process. You're not able to clamp ends as well as you can the middle. By having a little extension, you're able to have a firmer contact through the entire length of the bass bar. Also the fine "forming" of the ends he does might be easier when on the top plate than off.
*- Olaf, what is the ideal end grain orientation of the wood you choose as the blank you start from?* *- What species of wood is best? Spruce, maple, ash, birch?* *- From horizontal {flat against} and parallel with the top plate, through a 45 degree angle, to a vertical orientation perpendicular to the top plate, what is standard?* *- Could orienting a 45 degree end grain from the center line out toward the ribs produce a "softer" bass tone and the reverse orientation a more "round" tone to the bass?* *- I ask because in my mind's eye, I see the softer/squishier/smushier vascular cambium layers between winter time growth rings being compressed and producing a "bending/bowing" of the "bar" as each sign curve of the base tone wavelengths impact it.* *- I don't know that I understand this correctly, but I am suspicious that grain orientation will result in differing engineering vector loading that will yield differing tonalities.* *- I somehow feel this intuitively, as if the wood is talking to me and telling me what it will do because it can.* *- It is strange that I "hear" the wood telling me about using micro-thin shavings of mountain goat horn, like what used when fabricating a recurve bow for archery the old way, to add in something that only it can do.* *- I think that "something" has to do with electrical or magnetic energy, which the keratin of horn and hoof can transmit or transfer, as something unique and specific that is hidden in vibrating wave forms.* *- Maybe I am some sort of alchemist/shaman mystical luthier and don't even know it...roar with mirthful irreverence here...* *~ ~ ~ ~ ~* *- google(DOT)com/search?q=CALCIUM+CARBONATE+And+HIDE+GLUE+CHEMICAL+INTERACTION* *- cool(DOT)culturalheritage(DOT)org/albumen/library/c20/vonendt1991(DOT)html* *~ ~ ~ ~ ~* *- "What is calcium carbonate used for in glue?* *- "Huber's ground calcium carbonate (GCC) is widely used in adhesives, caulks and sealants applications as a rheology modifier, cost-reducing filler, tensile strength enhancer, toughening agent, opacifier and/or whitening agent."*
Olaf thank you so much for sharing your work. This is the second video I watched from you. I am very interested in violin repair and restoration work. Just got the right person to show me. Thanks again. Kevin Wong.. Malaysia.
This is such a fun channel ! I enjoy your meticulous work ethic and attention to detail. And your humorous side photos,(dog stuck in a couch corner) tight glue illustration. Hahaha ! I've learned to set up my own guitars to make them effortlessly playable. (Arthritis) Thank you Olaf
Thank you for making this explanation!! Through you and others, I have rediscovered my passion for classical music. Understanding the violin deeper has given me a greater appreciation for learning to play earlier in life!
Olaf, some luthiers would make a plaster mold of the top plate then use the mold box as a support while clamping. Some would also move the bass bar away from the F hole. Was not a witness mark left? Restore is different than remodel IMO.. Yes I know the elders played games with F hole spacing and sizes. Thanks for sharing.
Curious why not make the bass bar to length before installing. I'm sure there's a reason, but it seems like the chisel to remove a centimeter from the ends is a bit nerve wracking.
Some years ago, when I was working for the highway department, I had stopped my truck in the pouring rain to remove debris from the road. Laying just off the road, in the woods, I found a completely waterlogged and disassembled violin. I carefully picked up all the pieces and brought them home (my father was once a violinist, I still have his 1925 Contino.) When I dried the instrument, I noticed that the bass bar was not a separate piece, but was carved from the same spruce as the top (or belly, as my father used to call it) It seemed very crude. The barely legible label said it was a Stradivarius (obviously a crude copy) have you ever seen a bass bar carved into the top? The finger board had fallen off and had a number "19" written in pencil underneath. The numeral "1" was a European script with a large up up swoosh, so you know it wasn't of American manufacture. The only other oddball thing was a tiny, square peg fitted to the top of the neck block, which fitted into a tiny hole on the backside of the belly (or top piece). Again, I have never seen anything like that. Everything had come unglued - the ribs, linings, both top and back were all separated. It's a very dark and ugly instrument, but I couldn't throw it away.
Some are done with stencils, others are carved in with a black dust and glue mix rubbed into the carvings. Some of the paintings on cellos like the Amati King cello were painted on.
I know I needn’t be, but I was more anxious while you were removing the timber at the ends of the bass bar than when I watched another trumpet player take a torch to my C trumpet leadpipe so that he could replace it with a different one for me.
Olaf, Thanks for your expertise and dedication to providing these TH-cam videos. Much appreciated! Could you please let me know where I can get the deep throat clamps you use for your bass bar installations. They seem to be difficult to find. I am a violin maker in the USA and would like to find those little clamps which are much less bulky than what I am using. Thanks very much!
I am currently building a flat top mandolin with F holes and it is going to have two bars like an arch top guitar. So I guess it will have one base bar and one treble bar.
Olaf, I’m sorry I didn’t comment on a more recent video, but hopefully you see this! I’d love a video of “recovery” I know that after all your years, you don’t make many mistakes, but I would very much appreciate a “what do you do now?” type series for how to correct small mistakes that may happen during the course of repairs
In one of the violas I've seen, there are three bass bars. Can you tell me something about the practice of using multiple bass bars in string instruments
Hey, Would you recommend buying a new 160€ violin or 100€ violin with new strings, bow and bridge for beginner violin player. I would like to try violin playing but not buy very expensive violin at first. Thank you. .
Hi. Thank for sharing! I hope you see this question and feel like answering it. I would like to know if you glue the Bass-Bar to the top-plate with tension. I would think that, in that case, the Bass-Bar should not fit perfectly, but it would need to have very minimal gaps at the ends so that later, when clamping it and gluing it, it creates tension. Is that correct?
How come you have to cut the bass bar to length after it’s been attached to the top plate? Seems like a lot of chance to damage the top plate that way - why isn’t it possible to cut it to length before and then attach it?
I think it would be hard to glue the bass bar to the exact perfect location... whilst this way you can cut to the lenght needed, so there is less to worry about when glueing.
Looks like it's because the final shape, particularly the ends, would be difficult to do without damaging the final part. The wood may splinter. Also, when planing (shaping with a plane) the final shape, he has to apply some pressure and having the part attached to the top plate supports and steadies it. This guards against his bending/breaking/twisting it.
Teach me make the bridge. You were talking about how it works, but you did not show us how to make it. I have no luthier around so a few days ago I bought a new bridge and cut it myself, by some manuals. It is almost perfect, only it is lower on the G-string side than it should be and slightly too thin at the top. In any way it works for me, but I want to try it one more time in a near future to get better sound of my violin experimenting with bridge. My father is a craftsman, so I have all needed equipment to make measures and curve the bridge. Only make the video, please.
Olaf I have seen an old violin with the bass bar carved out of the top plate so it is all one piece any comments on how that would sound. It was an old American fiddle from the wild west era and they had put a rattlesnake rattle in side to add a different affect
Many questions, just some of them : First : it is written "BASS Bar" (seems it should have an influence on bass (LOW) notes). But you pronounce it "BASE" bar. Is it wanted ? Does the upper table of a violin is called "BASE" (what would mean that the bar is designed to be glued on that base) ? Second : You seem to be "satisfied" of the shape. Does that mean you have made a number of trials and comparisons (thicker, thinner, flat upper part... ), and this is the best ? Or does that mean it looks as Masters indicate (plans, measures ?), or looks like any violin you dismantled before ? I have 50 other questions, most important being : Is that bizarre assembly of a bar and a pole impossible to change, why not 2 poles, or 2 bars, or plenty like in guitars ? But thanks for your very interesting, clear and well-done videos I often look...
There's no pronunciation issue here. Base and bass (low register) are pronounced the same. However bass (low register) and bass (fish) are not pronounced the same. #English
Quick question: why do you not want the base bar to be in contact with the back plate like you would have a sound post? I was talking to a Luthier ones who had a request from someone to put a sound post on the bass side as well as the treble side, and he said he did it for them, but didn’t notice a difference.
Hey Olaf. Thanks for the cool video. I have a strange question about how you clamped the bass bar onto the top plate while the glue was drying. When building PCs, we have to mount the CPU to the motherboard using screws. It's very important when doing this to do it in a way that evenly distributes the tension on the CPU so that you don't break the CPU die. Usually, this means doing it in a kind of crisscross pattern (top-left first, then bottom right, then top right, then bottom left, for example). When you put your clamps on the bass bar, I noticed that you started in the middle, then did two on the left (well, our left, your right), then two on the right (your left), then some more on each side. Did you do it that way to avoid putting too much tension on one side of the top plate, or is the top plate sturdy enough that you don't have to worry about that very much? Thanks again for the video, it's so interesting to see how things get fixed. :)
Beautiful work as always! I'm curious as to the purpose for initially making the bar that length and gluing the ends when they're going to be removed later?
Sometimes the very ends get slightly rounded while fitting, to get around that I fit the bass bar while it's slightly longer. This way the ends fit 100%
When he says there's 27 kg, is that the force on the bridge or the total string tension, seems pretty high for the angle of the strings over the bridge
This is all well and good but I was waiting for the sound check difference between the bass bar versus no bass bar, similar to your soundpost versus no sound post test. Also, what impact could redesign of the ends of the bass bar have ?
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Honestly my favourite youtuber. Such a vibe. Love ya Olaf
Looks like Olaf is enjoying the music war as much as we are😂
TwoSet fans are a huge part of his user base so it makes sense to keep your videos cross promotional to keep being relevant
Tyler Thackray it was more of a joke but I get what you’re saying👍
Yep!
I would say instrument war
@Cactus owo you get what I mean 😂
He's now Olaf the Peace Maker
Bassed(heh) on the title I thought of the god pillar lol
Same
twoset and davie: in instruments war
olaf: has joined the chat
being real here. The Wig....
it's iconic.
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72 :(
Edwina?
It's almost like Edwina
I did it!
I : 1) accent'd the like button!
2) legato'd the subscribe button!
3) and I am commenting down below!
Btw, I really enjoyed this! I play violin, and I was procrastina- I mean practicing- and now I can't stop watching you(and TwoSetViolin)! it's just really cool learning about how it works, I've learned so much more about the violin because of you!
Please keep being A M A Z I N G !!!
- Ana
P.S. I'm wondering if you are enjoying the Violin> bass war like I am?
Edit: Yes, I did finished Practicing afterwards! Guys, I have LingLing insurance.
Same
Pracrastinating
tut tut tut. Like buttons get S L A P P
But have you practiced? 🤔
If you can't stop watching their videos, then you aren't really practising at all...
Please don't take this very seriously, I'm not up for an endless argument. ☺️
Violin is a secret bass! 0.0
Olaf over here promoting peace between instruments.
Don't tell TwoSet about it, Violin came from BASS
Oh wow, even Olaf is getting involved with the diss! Great video, keep up the awesome work, I love seeing the work that goes into violin making and how you explain everything.
2:20 "Well one of the functions is to make sure the entire front of the instrument doesn't totally collapse. But the MORE IMPORTANT function is"... lol.
I love this! It's very educative, and you can see all the hard work that goes into making this video! (Imagine doing a very delicate work fixing the bass-bar itself and then having to talk about it / show it on camera/ position the camera etc) Thanks Olaf!
Thank you Lucy.
I really appreciate your comment...
You are right... It's not always easy to put together a video, but I really love educating string players. It just makes better players when people really understand their instrument.
As a bassist, i still love your videos olaf!
I will watch you every day for the rest of the school year
A new contestant has entered the game!
Absolutely brilliant. Would greatly appreciate a long term series show casing a violin being built from start to finish if you have the desire
Olaf! You are a joy to watch!
I’m fairly new to the violin making world, but I really enjoy and love the fact that Olaf makes it pretty easy to understand and explains what kind of materials he’s using :)
sending love and wishing you health
(I am an orchestral violinist) Mr. Olaf I really like watching your videos. This one on the bass-bar was so informative. Thank you. Good luck in your endeavors.
yay we have olaf on our side
Many thanks Mr. Grawert!
Watching your video feels like watching man at arm's forging all those cool weapons. You're awesome, and very knowledgeable! Twoset and their music war brought me here, but your impressive way of explaining the inner workings and the craftsmanship behind the violin kept me here all the way through! Thank you for this; I had no idea this existed, and I love it!
Always a joy to watch you work and explain what is going on.
You can never have too many clamps!
Thanks for showing the bass bar construction. A lot of makers are very secretive so it's good to get a masterclass.
I do so love a behind the scenes look of how stuff is made, the violin is just such a refined piece of woodcraft, so much work for just one piece of it!
Hi Olaf, you're really very skillfull. It's a pleasure to watch you working. Cheers!
Excellent performance, thank you for showing in such detail. I have one question if I may. You have placed the BB right on the edge of the top circle of the F-hole. On my 1857 Guarneri copy, J.B. Vuillaume violin, the BB is a couple of mm's away from the F-hole. I have been told in Vienna a couple of years ago by a prominent luthier, that it is in the wrong position (or angle) but not to an extent that would require replacement. How does this particular placement 2 mm's away from the F-hole affect the sound? A 41.5mm bridge works best for this violin. Thank you.
I'm not into Classic music and still i find these videos Brilliant 🤘
Hi Olaf, I am curious that why you have to cut it in the end, not just cut it before you glue.
Yes, I was wondering the same thing. Why not cut to length before glueing?
I would guess it has to do with the glue and drying process. You're not able to clamp ends as well as you can the middle. By having a little extension, you're able to have a firmer contact through the entire length of the bass bar. Also the fine "forming" of the ends he does might be easier when on the top plate than off.
Sooo. Olaf, would you say that you can slap Bass on a violin?
Yeess its just harder to get the heavier sound out of it
Thank you very much Olaf for sharing your knowledge.
*- Olaf, what is the ideal end grain orientation of the wood you choose as the blank you start from?*
*- What species of wood is best? Spruce, maple, ash, birch?*
*- From horizontal {flat against} and parallel with the top plate, through a 45 degree angle, to a vertical orientation perpendicular to the top plate, what is standard?*
*- Could orienting a 45 degree end grain from the center line out toward the ribs produce a "softer" bass tone and the reverse orientation a more "round" tone to the bass?*
*- I ask because in my mind's eye, I see the softer/squishier/smushier vascular cambium layers between winter time growth rings being compressed and producing a "bending/bowing" of the "bar" as each sign curve of the base tone wavelengths impact it.*
*- I don't know that I understand this correctly, but I am suspicious that grain orientation will result in differing engineering vector loading that will yield differing tonalities.*
*- I somehow feel this intuitively, as if the wood is talking to me and telling me what it will do because it can.*
*- It is strange that I "hear" the wood telling me about using micro-thin shavings of mountain goat horn, like what used when fabricating a recurve bow for archery the old way, to add in something that only it can do.*
*- I think that "something" has to do with electrical or magnetic energy, which the keratin of horn and hoof can transmit or transfer, as something unique and specific that is hidden in vibrating wave forms.*
*- Maybe I am some sort of alchemist/shaman mystical luthier and don't even know it...roar with mirthful irreverence here...*
*~ ~ ~ ~ ~*
*- google(DOT)com/search?q=CALCIUM+CARBONATE+And+HIDE+GLUE+CHEMICAL+INTERACTION*
*- cool(DOT)culturalheritage(DOT)org/albumen/library/c20/vonendt1991(DOT)html*
*~ ~ ~ ~ ~*
*- "What is calcium carbonate used for in glue?*
*- "Huber's ground calcium carbonate (GCC) is widely used in adhesives, caulks and sealants applications as a rheology modifier, cost-reducing filler, tensile strength enhancer, toughening agent, opacifier and/or whitening agent."*
Hehe!!! Accented and slapped the like button XD
Olaf thank you so much for sharing your work. This is the second video I watched from you. I am very interested in violin repair and restoration work. Just got the right person to show me. Thanks again. Kevin Wong.. Malaysia.
👍 thanks always for the violin education 👨🏻
Very interesting! Thank you so much!
This is such a fun channel ! I enjoy your meticulous work ethic and attention to detail. And your humorous side photos,(dog stuck in a couch corner) tight glue illustration. Hahaha !
I've learned to set up my own guitars to make them effortlessly playable. (Arthritis) Thank you Olaf
Thank you for making this explanation!! Through you and others, I have rediscovered my passion for classical music. Understanding the violin deeper has given me a greater appreciation for learning to play earlier in life!
Wonderful to hear
*CHECKMATE*
This is so awesome. I love seeing good craftsmanship in action.
Olaf, some luthiers would make a plaster mold of the top plate then use the mold box as a support while clamping. Some would also move the bass bar away from the F hole. Was not a witness mark left? Restore is different than remodel IMO.. Yes I know the elders played games with F hole spacing and sizes. Thanks for sharing.
Curious why not make the bass bar to length before installing. I'm sure there's a reason, but it seems like the chisel to remove a centimeter from the ends is a bit nerve wracking.
GOOD INFO.
Thank you for the video, once again it’s fascinating the importance of all these little pieces of wood.
That was interesting. Thank you for the video!
Great video as usual! would love to know what a violin sounds like without the bass bar!
hmmm... I might have to give that a go sometimes... I'm curious too
agreed ! i was wondering this too!
Some years ago, when I was working for the highway department, I had stopped my truck in the pouring rain to remove debris from the road. Laying just off the road, in the woods, I found a completely waterlogged and disassembled violin. I carefully picked up all the pieces and brought them home (my father was once a violinist, I still have his 1925 Contino.) When I dried the instrument, I noticed that the bass bar was not a separate piece, but was carved from the same spruce as the top (or belly, as my father used to call it) It seemed very crude. The barely legible label said it was a Stradivarius (obviously a crude copy) have you ever seen a bass bar carved into the top? The finger board had fallen off and had a number "19" written in pencil underneath. The numeral "1" was a European script with a large up up swoosh, so you know it wasn't of American manufacture. The only other oddball thing was a tiny, square peg fitted to the top of the neck block, which fitted into a tiny hole on the backside of the belly (or top piece). Again, I have never seen anything like that. Everything had come unglued - the ribs, linings, both top and back were all separated. It's a very dark and ugly instrument, but I couldn't throw it away.
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Awesome shop and very instructional..!! You got me into the violin 🎻 👍
First. Btw love you Olaf!
I am happy that even Olaf is aware of this war
Amazing video like usual.
Great show. Always enjoy your content.
Way to go Olaf, keeping up with the bois!!
hi! how do violin makers put carvings and drawings like on Stradivarius' "The Hellier"? i am very curious how the process goes.
Some are done with stencils, others are carved in with a black dust and glue mix rubbed into the carvings. Some of the paintings on cellos like the Amati King cello were painted on.
I know I needn’t be, but I was more anxious while you were removing the timber at the ends of the bass bar than when I watched another trumpet player take a torch to my C trumpet leadpipe so that he could replace it with a different one for me.
Fascinating!!
Great video, thank you. Did you ever experiment with the bassbar like other wood, making it higher, longer etc etc?
Olaf,
Thanks for your expertise and dedication to providing these TH-cam videos. Much appreciated! Could you please let me know where I can get the deep throat clamps you use for your bass bar installations. They seem to be difficult to find. I am a violin maker in the USA and would like to find those little clamps which are much less bulky than what I am using. Thanks very much!
Thanks Olaf for your great videos . I just wanted to know your opinion about POWLDEN GUARNERI . My new violin is a copy of it.
I am currently building a flat top mandolin with F holes and it is going to have two bars like an arch top guitar. So I guess it will have one base bar and one treble bar.
Cant wait for Davie and Twoset to see this video 🤣🤣🤣
I just got my new violin on Tuesday!! I have named him Violincent :D
My mood is Olaf: *just vibing*
I really like your video ! I'm not a violinist but your video makes me really want to start violon !
I was wondering if you could talk about a 5 string violin, pros, cons, history, and/or construction differences between it and regular violins?
Olaf, I’m sorry I didn’t comment on a more recent video, but hopefully you see this!
I’d love a video of “recovery”
I know that after all your years, you don’t make many mistakes, but I would very much appreciate a “what do you do now?” type series for how to correct small mistakes that may happen during the course of repairs
What kind of wood do you use for a BAss Bar? Spruce or something harder?
You really do great work.
I really anjoy watching these.
Waiting To Hear The New Violin
Olaf is now entering the war, i see
_Olaf: Debunks Twoset in the first 10 seconds_
*Twoset: So you have chosen death*
great presentation! My question; if a violin has too much bass response, (echo, hollow sounding) can a new bass bar help correct this?
Fascinating. The glue seems like magic. Do you know when and how it was developed?
I'm not sure... all I know is that they found it on Egyptian papyrus literally 5000 years ago
So good.
FLIPPIN LOVE THIS
yeah
In one of the violas I've seen, there are three bass bars. Can you tell me something about the practice of using multiple bass bars in string instruments
Hey,
Would you recommend buying a new 160€ violin or 100€ violin with new strings, bow and bridge for beginner violin player.
I would like to try violin playing but not buy very expensive violin at first.
Thank you.
.
Hi. Thank for sharing!
I hope you see this question and feel like answering it. I would like to know if you glue the Bass-Bar to the top-plate with tension. I would think that, in that case, the Bass-Bar should not fit perfectly, but it would need to have very minimal gaps at the ends so that later, when clamping it and gluing it, it creates tension.
Is that correct?
How come you have to cut the bass bar to length after it’s been attached to the top plate? Seems like a lot of chance to damage the top plate that way - why isn’t it possible to cut it to length before and then attach it?
Mayasounds I was wondering the same thing?
I think it would be hard to glue the bass bar to the exact perfect location... whilst this way you can cut to the lenght needed, so there is less to worry about when glueing.
Looks like it's because the final shape, particularly the ends, would be difficult to do without damaging the final part. The wood may splinter. Also, when planing (shaping with a plane) the final shape, he has to apply some pressure and having the part attached to the top plate supports and steadies it. This guards against his bending/breaking/twisting it.
What are your thoughts on carved in bass bars?
I love watching these videos! What determines it's dimensions?
Teach me make the bridge. You were talking about how it works, but you did not show us how to make it. I have no luthier around so a few days ago I bought a new bridge and cut it myself, by some manuals. It is almost perfect, only it is lower on the G-string side than it should be and slightly too thin at the top. In any way it works for me, but I want to try it one more time in a near future to get better sound of my violin experimenting with bridge. My father is a craftsman, so I have all needed equipment to make measures and curve the bridge. Only make the video, please.
Awesome! Great Job!
love these project style videos!
Olaf I have seen an old violin with the bass bar carved out of the top plate so it is all one piece any comments on how that would sound. It was an old American fiddle from the wild west era and they had put a rattlesnake rattle in side to add a different affect
What pigments/dyes do you use for your Touchup varnish?
Olaf is enjoying the violin, bass war just as much as I am.
Very informative sir. New subscriber here 😀
Many questions, just some of them :
First : it is written "BASS Bar" (seems it should have an influence on bass (LOW) notes). But you pronounce it "BASE" bar. Is it wanted ? Does the upper table of a violin is called "BASE" (what would mean that the bar is designed to be glued on that base) ?
Second : You seem to be "satisfied" of the shape. Does that mean you have made a number of trials and comparisons (thicker, thinner, flat upper part... ), and this is the best ? Or does that mean it looks as Masters indicate (plans, measures ?), or looks like any violin you dismantled before ?
I have 50 other questions, most important being : Is that bizarre assembly of a bar and a pole impossible to change, why not 2 poles, or 2 bars, or plenty like in guitars ? But thanks for your very interesting, clear and well-done videos I often look...
There's no pronunciation issue here. Base and bass (low register) are pronounced the same. However bass (low register) and bass (fish) are not pronounced the same. #English
@@flowerdolphin5648 Thank you, I believed. 'am French and my english is a bit scholar...
Luthierism is the new black
Quick question: why do you not want the base bar to be in contact with the back plate like you would have a sound post? I was talking to a Luthier ones who had a request from someone to put a sound post on the bass side as well as the treble side, and he said he did it for them, but didn’t notice a difference.
Hey Olaf. Thanks for the cool video. I have a strange question about how you clamped the bass bar onto the top plate while the glue was drying. When building PCs, we have to mount the CPU to the motherboard using screws. It's very important when doing this to do it in a way that evenly distributes the tension on the CPU so that you don't break the CPU die. Usually, this means doing it in a kind of crisscross pattern (top-left first, then bottom right, then top right, then bottom left, for example). When you put your clamps on the bass bar, I noticed that you started in the middle, then did two on the left (well, our left, your right), then two on the right (your left), then some more on each side. Did you do it that way to avoid putting too much tension on one side of the top plate, or is the top plate sturdy enough that you don't have to worry about that very much? Thanks again for the video, it's so interesting to see how things get fixed. :)
Beautiful work as always! I'm curious as to the purpose for initially making the bar that length and gluing the ends when they're going to be removed later?
Sometimes the very ends get slightly rounded while fitting, to get around that I fit the bass bar while it's slightly longer. This way the ends fit 100%
@@AskOlaftheViolinmaker Makes sense! Thank you so much for replying 🙂
bravo amazing
Hi Olaf! Is there a reason for making a longer bass bar and then cutting the edge instead of starting with a shorter bar? Loved the video.
When he says there's 27 kg, is that the force on the bridge or the total string tension, seems pretty high for the angle of the strings over the bridge
Top quality content as always!
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This is all well and good
but I was waiting for the sound check difference between the bass bar versus no bass bar, similar to your soundpost versus no sound post test. Also, what impact could redesign of the ends of the bass bar have ?
Why don't you experiment yourself?
@@sisfantasto7004 -
Why should I and
how could I ? since
I’m not a violin Luthier..
👉Go away useless, youtube channels are
not here for trolls..
Why the bas bar had to be changed..?Is it often changed to antique instruments..?