Intermediate Violin Repair and Sound Adjustment
Important Announcement: 2022 UNH Violin Craftmanship Institute will be held online.
Individuals with previous experience with violin repair or students who have participated in UNH Violin Set-Up I and II may attend this workshop. You will gain exposure to and experience in the most common types of repairs including:
- Gluing of cracks in instruments
- Cleating
- Taking off and re-gluing the top
- Neck projections
- Bushing pegs
- Simple edge replacement
- Basic retouching principles
Custom sound adjustments for musicians will be discussed. Students’ repair projects will be discussed as a class theme. Mr. Wiessmeyer will demonstrate various repair techniques and provide one on one personalized guidance daily to assist you through your repair project.
A list of the tools and materials required for this course can be found in the Tools & Materials tab above, or by clicking here.
Register by May 31 and save! $999 if registered by May 31, $1,099 afterward.
Intermediate Violin Repair and Sound Adjustment
Instructor: Paul Wiessmeyer
Two or three stringed instruments needing any of the above mentioned repairs. Please do not bring violins with integral bass bars or an integral neck or upper block. You should already be proficient in tool sharpening.
All students are required to have their tools in hand at the beginning of the class!
Students who do not wish to purchase the tools can rent a tool box through Randy Kellogg.
Please contact Randy Kellog at 603-495-3643
| Tools: | Sources | Purpose | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Rigid 12"/30cm ruler
|
Metropolitan Music & Howard Core | ||
| Alcohol lamp (removing nut @ times) | |||
| 1mm or 1/32" drill bit for peg string holes | |||
| Power or hand drill | |||
| Chinrest key | |||
| Nut files | |||
| Bridge template(s) | bostonfiddle.com, Metropolitan Music, Cat. #29230, Metropolitan Music & Howard Core | ||
| Scraper set; Japanese | Metropolitan Music, Cat. #29230 | ||
| Sound Post angle jig | bostonfiddle.com | ||
| Parchments | bostonfiddle.com, Metropolitan Music, Cat. #29230, Metropolitan Music & Howard Core | ||
| Sharp pencil & notebook | Your own source | 1 | |
| Large Towel | Your own source | 1 | |
| Pointed Tweezers | Your own source | 1 | |
| Violin Makers' Knife, 3.5 mm, AND 19mm | Diefenbacher or Howard core | 1each | |
| Adjustable 9 1/2 Block Plane | Stanley, Randy Kellogg | 1 | |
| Sound Post Setter for violin | see suppliers below | 1 | |
| Soundpost restriever | see suppliers below | 1 | |
| Compass - Divider | see suppliers below | 1 | |
| Small machinist square | wood craft | 1 | |
| Sandpaper, 80, 120, 150, 220, 320 grit | Hardware store | 1 of each | |
| Wet & dry sandpaper, 60-420 grids | see suppliers below | ||
| Water bench stones for honing, various grids | see suppliers below | sharpen hand tools | course-fine |
| Optivisor # 5 | optional | ||
| 1 inch C clamps | Hardware store | 8 pieces | |
| Inspecton Mirror | see suppliers below | 1 | |
| Flexible Stainless Steel Ruler 300mm | see suppliers below | 1 | |
| SEMI-Rigid Stainless Steel Ruler 300mm | see suppliers below | 1 | |
| Measuring tape metric and inches | Hard ware store | 1 | |
| Palette Knife straight, extra thin | Local Artist Store | to glue openings | 1 |
| Grobet DOUBLE CUT Flat File, Cut 0 or similar | see suppliers below | 1 | |
| Mouse tail file extra coarse, Grobet needle file round, cut 1 | see suppliers below | 1 | |
| Herdim Crack Clamp 280mm | see suppliers below | for gluing cracks | |
| Herdim Crack Clamp 180mm | see suppliers below | glue cracks | |
| SMALL HAND SAW | see suppliers below | 1 | |
| Rectangular SCRAPER, 150X50X0.25 MM | see suppliers below | to scrape finger board | 1 |
| Herdim or Alberti Design Peg Shaper | see suppliers below | 1 | |
| Violin Peg Reamer - Standard (do not buy spiral!) | see suppliers below | 1 | |
| Drill bits 1, 1.5, 2, 1.5, 3, 4, 5 mm | Hard ware store | 1 each | |
| Hammer, small | Hard ware store | 1 | |
| Vernier slide Caliper | 1 | ||
| Three sided burnisher for scrapers | Diefenbacher | 1 | |
| Japanese saw file | see suppliers below | 1 | |
| Scratch awl | 1 | ||
| Pitchpipe A 440 | 1 | ||
| Hill peg lube | 1 | ||
| Polish cloth (good quality cotton rag) | 1 | ||
| Cleaning cloth (good quality cotton rag) | 1 | ||
| Violin bridge jack | Howard Core | 1 | |
| Black grease pencil or carbon paper | 1 | ||
| Steel wool 0000 | 1 | ||
| Soft White chalk (Pelikan) | see suppliers below | 1 | |
| Several carving gouges, various sizes and sweeps | three to four | ||
| Several chisels, various widths | three to four | ||
| Watercolor kit and 3 fine brushes | Pelikan | ||
| Alcohol soluble varnishing retouch materials and colors can be purchased from: | wood finishing enterprises | available during class | |
| Various retouch brushes, including several very fine natural hair Kolinsky rotmarder bristle brushes | art store | ||
| Various inexpensive sablette synthetic bristle brushes | art store |
Please bring appropriate tools if you plan to work on a cello, viola etc. !
Intermediate Violin Repair and Sound Adjustment
Instructor: Paul Wiessmeyer
Two or three stringed instruments needing any of the above mentioned repairs. Please do not bring violins with integral bass bars or an integral neck or upper block. You should already be proficient in tool sharpening.
All students are required to have their tools in hand at the beginning of the class!
Students who do not wish to purchase the tools can rent a tool box through Randy Kellogg.
Please contact Randy Kellog at 603-495-3643
| MATERIAL | SOURCE | Purpose | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violin, viola, cello, fractional size, or five string instruments , never before set-up, must have an ebony fingerboard | Any supplier of Chinese instruments or German suppliers such as Holfter GmBH, Core etc. | 1 or 2 | |
| SPRUCE VIOLA BASS BARS | see suppliers below | making soundposts | 3 EA |
| Violin Pegs | see suppliers below | 2 sets | |
| Spruce billet for repair | 1 | ||
| FRENCH BRIDGE, MODEL #7 MIRECOURT. VIOLIN 4/4, 40.5 mm | see suppliers below | To Fit Bridge | 3 EA |
| 3 different set of strings, i.e. steel, gut, perlon | bring your own | 1 set | |
| Upper Saddles (Nuts) ebony blank | see suppliers below | 3 | |
| Broken violins in need of repair | contact Randy Kellogg | 3 | |
| Hard wood block 11.5 cm x 3cm x 2.5 cm | Woodcraft Supply or Lumber Yard | Sanding Fingerboard | 1 |
| Nikko polish | Holfter GmbH | 1 |
A limited number of tool box rentals are available. Please contact Randy Kellogg for more information: rwkellogg@gsinet.net
Book: Henry A.Strobel "Useful Measurements for violin makers: A reference for shop use" isbn: 0-9620673-0-x
Questions for Paul Wiessmeyer: inquiries@bostonfiddle.com
| SUPPLIERS AND THEIR WEBSITES | Site |
|---|---|
| Woodcraft Tool Supply | www.woodcraft.com |
| Howard Core | www.howardcore.com |
| Wood Finishing Enterprises | www.woodfinishingenterprises.com |
| Diefenbacher Tools | www.diefenbacher.com |
| Randy Kellogg | 603-495-3643 |
| Alberti Design | www.violintools.com |
| Metropolitan Music Co. | www.metmusic.com |
| Holfter GmbH | www.holfter.com |
