Klangbox Violin no 4

* Montecristo cigarbox * handmilled tempered pear fingerboard * old wormy pear neck from my hood * scarved snail * oak nut * plum bridge * 008 guitar strings * brass covered cutawaysToday n°3 and n°4 were played by a opera violinist. She liked the charming sound and its overtones, the sound would fit folk and old baroque musik as well. Sophisticated music from the high classic wouldn't be that fine, because the handling is a bit limitted compared to master builds (she showed me one built in Naples, Italy, by one of the Gagliano fellas in 1782..)No3 is load and has a sharp sound (oak fingerboard?), while this one n°4 is more modest and smooth sounding (plum bridge & lighter bracing). Nice to tinker and to see what comes out :-)
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  • Nice!!
  • nice one Randy.. I didn't make side cutouts for two reasons: I wasn't sure whether it would bear the load and I thought it wouldn't reduce the inner sound volume.

  • have you tried side cut- aways yet, they worked out great on this old build i didBowed Dulci / Cello

  • Looks great Elmar

  • sweet !  .

  • Gorgeous work man!   Love the headstock and the brass inserts. The violin outline is nice touch!

  • thanks for your comments, hope to get a soundsample soon.. tomorrow I meet a violinist.. let's see if she agrees to make vid

  • You come up with the coolest stuff! Awesome job!

  • yes, I am member at a hackerspace which has a laser-cutter in the workshop. The bridge needs 1.5minutes and it's cut. Cool tool indeed :-)

  • man these Violins you keep making are looking fine - are the violin outlines made with the laser ?

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