Broken 1840s Violin Restoration
2024 ж. 19 Қаң.
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Coming up is the restoration of an 1840s violin. Let's dive into the process of repairing and transforming a broken and disfigured violin into its former glory!
Restoration by: Ruschil & Bailly , www.ruschilandbailly.com/
Hope you enjoy this one. Please watch in 4K for best quality!
i have one that needs something similar.
Si vedono solamente le mani di chi lavora.
Bisogna inquadrare il lavoro che si esegue
that was great until that person started playing it so badly lol
Please cut the narration out.
Had a Violin student in Sun Valley that had inherited a 1793 English fiddle. It was old, set up for fiddling and I re-bridged it and planed the well worn fingerboard, it played like a Strad! She was in 2nd or 3rd grade and it of course was too big but I told her she was just the right person and last I heard she went to Boise State on Full Scholarship and plays that fiddle from Olde London Towne I bet she is awesome
My grandfather used to repair and restore violins as a hobby. In retrospect, I'm very sad I wasn't more insistent when he was reluctant to teach me. He would have loved this video.
My father used to redtore violins as well (I had already moved away by then) I have some of his tools, but not a place to work with them. He also built new ones.
The shot is done well and the narration is fine. I don’t know why people criticize so much. Keep up the good work. I enjoy the video.
The cat was my favorite part 🐈🤩
Nicely done Masters of the Craft! Great to see that you had a professional violin restorer doing the restoration the way it should be done.
Excellent! Thank you for letting the viewers hear the wonderful sounds of chisels, planes, rasps, scrapers, and files on maple, spruce, and ebony. A very fine video in every respect.
correction at 3:10. it's not wood based glue. it's hide glue. Hide glue is made from boiling raw hide for a long time at a low temperature, making the hide dissolve in to the water. once it starts to drie it becomes sticky, and onche drie, it becomes hard. People wo build instruments, often swere by that hide glue is the best glue for atleast two reasons. First it's easy to remove if you need to repair the instrument. All you need is a bit of moisture and heat, and it will come apart, compared to other glues where you often deed to quite literarly break apart the item by force. The other reason, is that they claim hide based glues give the instrument a better and ritcher/fuller sound when you play them, compared to most other kinds of glue.
My great Grandfather made violins here in Michigan. i never met him as he was passed before I was born. This was enjoyable in that it showed me some of what he did. He also made gunstocks and was a barber
**looks at hand** eh, what part of michigan?
@@viktorreznov2386 mt.clemens….home of the mineral baths….about an hour north of Detroit
Unfortunately, not all OLD instruments are GREAT instruments. . .but, I loved the video. Thanks
Fascinating. Why was such a large block carefully glued in place, just for almost all of it to be planed away? Why did it need to be so big to start with - why not at least half as deep? Excellent and very well-judged, minimal narration plus excellent recordings of the tools being used. 10/10
Excellent work by both the craftsman repairing/restoring the instrument and the other craftsman who videoed him doing it. It is good that these skills are recorded for posterity. The repair of the soundboard was fascinating, something I never would have thought of.
Beautiful workmanship and beautiful results !!!
This is a classic video - and as a fiddle player, it had a great effect on my state of mind!
Strangely enough, I had a visceral reaction seeing you cut the lines for the strings. It took me back many years ago when I played my cello. I loved seeing your work table and how even the grooves in its edge fit your fingers. Lovely work 😊
Excellent repair/restoration work and very good video. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing this, I enjoy watching a master of any craft especially one I will never have a chance to even try much less master like you have. Most music is just noise to me but a violin to me is most special. I am tone deaf for the most part but something about violin music I can hear and enjoy.
Chapeau! Brilliant!!👍👍👍
I marvel at the consistency which you put your hands and fingers in career ending harms way of razor sharp tools under pressure.
Safety third
Che arte meravigliosa.. sei un vero artista, al pari di chi suonerà questa meraviglia ❤
Fantastic restoration, well done
Beautiful restoration
Love the projects done, can’t stand the narration.
Nicely done, enjoyed your work...
Bel ouvrage! Chapeau, l'artiste!
Woooow, Worldclass!!! Really, very good job!!! 12 point's from Germany 👏👏👏👏👏💪💪💪💪💪👍👍
Wow, this restoration was a lot better then the other one. Great work!!!
Excellent woodworking skills and beautiful old instrument!
Indeed 37 minutes worth watching, this luthier was a joy to watch his craft and to see and hear the final act of restoration. 🎻👍(Would love to watch him make a violin from scratch)👀
This person has some wicked great restoration skills. Not to mention musical talent. 👍👍
Nice restoration, player & Irish gig... 🎻☘💚😘🥰
Nice job! I like it
great job!
Thank you. Wonderfull.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH
Very nice work 👌
Such talent and skill. Nice work dude 😄😄
That was magical. Thsnks
Beautiful work in the traditional manner that so appeals to me. I've often brought and old wooden item back to life, but to do so, with a real instrument like this, with an untold history behind it, must be a maginal thing.
well done!!!!
Qué bello trabajo se nota que le pone mucho amor a la reparación.
Absolutely amazing 👏👏👏👏👏🇬🇧
I love the kitty!!!
Beautiful job done.
Amazing restoration work!!!😮 I'm so impressed. What is the song that play the girl in the final moment of the video?🎉🎉
Dear AceMannow, Im going to guess that it was a German violin. I may be entirely wrong. Many German violins were manufactured in 1850. I know it was dated 1840. Black forest or Marneukichen or some other bavarian region I would guess. Of course im only speculating it might have been French or Italian or even Irish. Mine was a Sears copy of a Stradivarius of Cremona 1720. Its actual manufacture date was approx 1850 in west germany. Those old violins are wonderful but the glue dries out and they crack at the bouts. They also split at the f holes. That is why you must humidify a violin lest it crack.
Violins and cats. Heck yeah brother! 23:45
❤ì really enjoyed this artisan at work. Is there a reason the little bridge was left a light natural colour? I to would love to know the instruments history. It looked so beautiful at the end and sounded good.
The bridges on Violins, and in fact all classical stringed instruments, are always left unvarnished. The bridges primary job other than raising the strings to a playable height, is to transfer the vibrations of the strings to the actual "Body" of the violin. Varnish/stain can actually interfere with this process, and so it is left off. Hope this helps, Cheers :)
I would like to know why? this restoration. A lot of time spend - was this a special violin ? or just because it can be done? Thank you -I loved it-Greetings from Australia
curious why he makes his patches so big and then has to trim so much after. Why not cut them thinner on the ban saw to begin with?
I had that exact same question!
Error on the side of caution I’d guess. You can always carve excess wood away, but you can’t easily put it back. “I measured and cut it three times and it’s still too short!” Is a thing any woodworker doesn’t want to repeat very often
@@panzerlieb i totally agree.
@@panzerlieb Such a waste of good quality tonewood.
may help even out clamping pressure? It's not a large amout to carve away compared to making a whole new top!
merci
Lovely to see this old instrument so carefully restored. The playing of it afterwards did leave a little to be desired and it also deserved better strings than fairly cheap Pirastro Tonica's. But a great video which in itself is a heck of a lot of work so many thanks.
What was that white powder you rubbed into the bridge? What does it do? Excuse my ignorance, my focus lies with fretted instruments.
I think it was to transfer marks so he knew where the high spots were and what to remove to have a good fit. It looked like plain old chalk.
on the flat side? probably just pumice to fill the grain before applying a top coat. To fit the feet of the bridge to the violin (to find high spots) you simply use crayon, chalk would scratch the instrument
@@tobymarol7329 I completely misread his question. He said white powder and my mind went straight to the patch the luthier did on the inside.
I just realized to restore a violin you would have to be able to make one. A true master. But the clock would have to go
It is an old violin, well restored. But is it a good instrument? Was it worth the effort?
Possibly a family heirloom. The demo gave us a hint maybe of the owner and application. If the owner willingly paid and is satisfied, then I guess it was worth the restoration and effort.
Any idea who the manufacturer was or any other details of where it's been for the last 180 years?
Yes I do … it belonged to our Great Great Grandfather. He acquired it in the 1860s and it has been passed down through the generations. The last 20 years it has been under the bed until we decided to have it fully restored with the help of this very talented man. Thanks for asking …
@@suzykearney1133were you the one playing? If so you might prefer a chin rest centered over the tailpiece, based on how it was being held by the chin.
@@suzykearney1133 - You see where things are worth preserving and also tell a interesting story. Play on with pride, it came out well.
Браво мастер, с удовольствием посмотрел как кропотливо мастер возвращает побитую жизнью скрипку в мир музыки. После реставрации она издаёт чудесные звуки.
Im so early i just opened youtube time to watch this
Хорошо скрипка звучит😊
Where are you guys located? My grandfather had a violin that is in need of restoration and hasn't been played in over 70 years... It was made in Germany and is a copy of a Stradvarius....my grandfather had some work done to it many years ago and the man gave my grandfather his business card.. It was long ago and his phone number only had 3 digits.. i was thinking the business card might be worth almost as much as the violin...Very nice video... thx for sharing...
Wonderful content, but the dim, low-contrast video really does it a disservice
Ahhh I finally find this channel again! I was looking for the restoration channel that did firearms and even some animals “restorations” (lol). Did the style and name of the channel change?
Great job, but what makes you say this violin is from the 1840s, and not from the 1900s or 1940s ? I'd like to know...
03:10 What is 'wood-based glue'? I have never heard of it. Usually, animal-based glues are used in this kind of woodcraft.
I suppose it's a case of knowing what to restore and what is better to leave with such a restoration. I'm good at working with wood, I've done a few furniture and E-guitar restorations, but I doubt I'd have the courage to restore a violin, at least not one of this age. It'd probably end up spoilt, looking fantastic but sounding like a frog. Nice to see this really old instrument given a new life for another 184 years.
Was the neck grafted on to the head?
How many hours of work goes into this restoration?
sera que los tres oles de Cavani fueron una excepción?
looks good, I would have re-bushed the peg holes however, nothing really left of them.
3:55 Cat
Masters Of Craft, could you explain to me why you clean and polish your violin after installing strings? Is this more comfortable?
Your work is very nice, I have looked with a huge interest!
@1:15, what is that instrument, that measures thickness, called? Thanks
what kind of glue did you used pls?
"And now, the moment we ve been all waiting for"... Break that violin again.
Great work. Did anyone count how many times he blows away the shavings?
What a wounderful restoration. Please remove the title from the left side if screen, too distractiing.
Geared Pegs would keep it in better shape & eliminate the need for fine tuners on the tailpiece
i would like to know how many man hours it took to restore the violin. My guess is around 35 to 40 man hours. At $100 an hour that is $3,500 to $4,000 labor. Was it worth it? Only the tone knows.
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Watching paint dry! Finally the big moment! Paint for the ear! Interesting to see the Luthier and tools used, but my goodness I really filled sucked in, oh well 😔 yawn yawn yawn!
Anybody have any idea at all who made it ?
11:46 - the planing of the bottom of the new foot of the neck looks *so* haphazard.... it scares me. I know that *that* is the correct way to perform that repair though. I repair student violins ONLY, on a pretty regular basis, and I have some different methods to those seen in this video... and occasionally I'll help with repairing a very nice violin, but only if I feel comfortable. I've made 5 instruments only (over the last 12 years) in my life and ever since my teacher has passed away - I don't have the heart to continue making or at least start a new one. Well, I have ONE viola that's about 75% of the way to being finished, and I know I can complete it :)
Все....Я ,понял 😮 надо делать 🎻 скрипки...И Ты будеш , знаменитый..😊🎉😊🎉
3:55 Good kitty.
I'm not much of a violinist, but it sounds great in combination with conventional and electronic instruments.
Great work. The contrast is too low on the video though.
Wouldn't it be wonderful for a professional musician to play it to hear it sing?
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I wonder why the crown? The only time I had to fit one was when a button had snapped off at the purfling, and it was necessary to cut away half of its thickness and fit a slip of maple to bridge the break. The repair would have been visible, and a crown hid it. I can't see a case for removing part of an intact button. In fact I can't see a case for removing ANY intact part of an instrument. Surely not best practice.
Ahh, working on a violin with the scent of a cat box in the air.
That bridge isn't too thick?
Fascinating video, but from a filming perspective, it looks like it was filmed in LOG and not graded - that's why the colours look washed out.
Nothing like hot hide glue.
Интересно в те времена когда делали эту скрипку наждачная бумага существовала в природе
The video is very good, I wanted to know what pigment you used and the white mixture. I'm from Brazil. 
This guy obviously has lots of skill and experience, but when he started filing the original neck profile, I got really confused. There's something here I'm not understanding
Did I miss him making a new neck?
Robot voice.
Rabbit or hyde glue.is acceptable as it is disolvable with steam. Wood glue is entirely inappropriate as it will splinter when you need to dismantle it again. Wood glue is all right for a one shot reasembly but if it ever needs to have the plates removed it will take some of the other wood with it. The glue i saw being applyed looked like vegetable glue. Or hyde glue. Maybe the narrator only missquoted the glue type.
After all that the demo song is a fiddler's tune?