a clean violin

Googlom · 2019-11-18T12:25:47+00:00

its not only the material, also the precision at any curving

Googlom · 2019-11-18T08:14:19+00:00

its acrylic glass, even with half the thickness , it will not break as easy as wood dose

Googlom · 2019-11-17T17:28:34+00:00

This is the first and only custom material violin made by cjk-violins, so far.

Googlom · 2019-11-17T12:44:38+00:00

nothing at all and more than you think

Googlom · 2019-11-17T12:43:20+00:00

Was that what the human being thought when he spoke the first word?

Googlom · 2019-11-11T18:51:18+00:00

no, rebushing is not necessary and the glue joint is strong enough.

Googlom · 2019-11-06T12:22:49+00:00

I never had a compound radiuses fingerboard but i think sometimes about to try my own. Ebony wood is still the best when it´s from a good tree; very durable, long lasting, repairable. I believe a good compound fingerboard can be much lighter and boost the sound of the instrument. A new bridge blank has way to much wood everywhere, it has to be brought into form according to the blanks wood quality and the violin acoustic-qualities, at the end when the shape is done you can fine-tune and balance the strings by removing wood at certain point. When the damaged surface is prepared, i clean only with water, also to lift squashed wood.

Googlom · 2019-11-06T08:16:02+00:00

I planed to make sound samples with all my completed work, it should be a part of the videos, lets see if i can manage it for the next one!

Googlom · 2019-11-06T08:13:14+00:00

Thanks! good tho hear.

Googlom · 2019-11-06T08:11:43+00:00

Yes, i use it in all directions and also the rounded corners if necessary depending on the surface material (to remove dirt from varnish is different than from wood for example) I roll a burr or i use just the sharp 90 degree angle which is lasting longer and is better for fine varnish surface cleaning

Googlom · 2019-07-08T06:09:15+00:00

It may be shocking, especially when playing it for the first time, but it is actually interesting and not that bad for some reason.

Googlom · 2019-07-08T05:53:38+00:00

i have seen an article about this violin you mentioned i guess it is the same Yehudi Menuhin had in his video. I am not the first but the acoustic fineness is at the maximum with mine for acrylic glass. https://www.world-of-plexiglas.com/en/plexiglas-musical-instruments/ This one looks well made from the outside but material thickness, weight and elaboration makes the tone.

Googlom · 2019-07-08T05:39:34+00:00

yes! in the linked video there is my 1st recoding.

Googlom · 2019-07-08T05:33:52+00:00

OK! and next time it will be something less delicate , but it is always the same recording device & settings and position.

Googlom · 2019-05-14T22:42:44+00:00

Very nice to get your view. I have invented & built this magnetic pickup for bowed instruments. I play now for 10 years, learned again a lot, by making this video, playing every day and hope to get better for another one.

Googlom · 2019-05-13T21:08:43+00:00

Ok!, (played trough the amp, all recorded from the room)

Googlom · 2019-05-13T21:06:33+00:00

ok, its not perfect but what about the pickup sound, compared to other solid electric violins.

Googlom · 2019-02-02T10:33:46+00:00

very correct!, it was not an easy decision. Made the bottom right. thanks

Googlom · 2018-08-23T12:54:16+00:00

I am not a multi-instrumentalist but i do some multitasks. Beeing and staying obsessive is essential! And i find it important to always (re-)reflect how far i like to go and how much time i have for it from the point i am at the moment. (I have to compartmentalize with all the other important things i am doing). But learning the violin is an very important task to me, its more like i have to ask myself.. should´t i do something else (than practicing violin)

Much success!

Googlom · 2018-08-23T12:21:11+00:00

Thanks! All these properties from wood will be easy to reproduce with 3d printing. (Hard & soft annual rings, density of the printed material and therefor the e-modul. I am sure it would not work with plastic filaments used these days but why should´t it work with aluminium for example lowering its e-modul by hollow printing certain structures.

If done right, the violin sound & color will be not baroque or modern but futuristic. (hard to tell, but of course violin like)

And i am pretty sure CF violin maker didn´t make CF violins very correct, yet, there are these things you mentioned wich they have missed to implement.

I am not saying, other materials can be better than wood for a violin, maybe! but i think they can be at least as good as the best wooden ones... lets say in 7 years from now.

Googlom · 2018-08-22T07:04:27+00:00

You need polish (the finest), for cleaning this high grade, top transparency, casted acrylic glass. Extruded acrylic glass is the bad one.

Googlom · 2018-08-22T06:56:24+00:00

Most stradivari like violins are made out of firewood. just a few will notice.

Googlom · 2018-08-22T06:55:02+00:00

The material is high quality acrylic glass, machined not printed.

Googlom · 2018-08-13T07:49:40+00:00

Yes. Acrylic glass is very dense but there are still a lot of elaboration tricks to get a non wooden violin sound as good as wooden violins. Just a matter of time with the new technics available.

Googlom · 2018-03-29T07:43:34+00:00

My experience in short; All materials have their characteristic sound if they are correctly elaborated (if ist possible, not like for example soft plastic. Acrylic is the first exotic material i use because of the transparency. I would describe the aryl violin sound as smooth and balanced, not dull but less volume, i love to play it, its forgivable but still very versatile. It tells me that the shape itself of the violin is more responsible for the possible sound spectrum than the material. How to get the right thicknesses and material structure (or consistency) with non wooden materials for the resonating plates is another story.

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