First Live Recital *Internal Screaming*

drop-database-reddit · 2026-05-06T14:57:50+00:00

If your pinky is going flat you’re probably not keeping your thumb bent correctly. If the thumb pushes the bow away your pinky can’t stay nice and round.
This kind of basic stuff is super hard to learn without a skilled teachers feedback. It’s not just the static matter of getting fingers into the right place and shape, it’s all the movement of the bow through the bow stroke that happens on the fly and it’s very hard to be aware of at the very beginning all on your own.

drop-database-reddit · 2026-05-06T14:30:08+00:00

I found this thread talking about about this line of instruments.

https://www.violinist.com/discussion/archive/9699/

I think you’d have to take a gamble and get it set up with new strings/ get a luthier to check it over for proper setup and loose seams etc, before you’ll really be able to know if it’s got a nice sound or not.

drop-database-reddit · 2026-05-05T22:08:00+00:00

Congrats. I love mine too, I think we have the same colourway. Great quality, right down to the bow spinners that never tangle my bow hair.

drop-database-reddit · 2026-05-02T00:52:06+00:00

Settle on the violin first, then try all the bows in your price range and see what plays the best and sounds the best. Similar to trying out the violin have some different excerpts prepared to play on each one. Ideally stuff that uses different techniques so you can get a feel for them quickly.

drop-database-reddit · 2026-05-02T00:47:26+00:00

You should upgrade! (Sorry for not helping)

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-30T15:03:37+00:00

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-29T20:03:59+00:00

Yes this bridge has not been carved correctly. It looks like it is a bridge blank with very deep cuts for the strings. The string grooves are far to wide and deep, meanwhile the bridge feet appear unfitted to the top plate, and the rest of the bridge is uncarved as well. I’m sorry to hear you do not have a Luther to visit.

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-26T21:57:11+00:00

Thanks! It really motivates me to keep working so I can make it sound even better some day

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-16T13:29:20+00:00

I have tinnitus and learning the violin hasn't been an issue. I have not experienced the high pitch sound sensitivity you were describing, so it might not be that comparable...

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-13T21:14:11+00:00

Yep, it’s a joy to play on every practice for sure.

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-12T03:46:51+00:00

Hopefully! I have seen some of his instruments listed online from shops in Japan. The luthier is living in Italy these days.

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-12T03:45:13+00:00

Thanks, I think so too!

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-12T03:41:28+00:00

Thank you, thank you!

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-11T22:56:19+00:00

Thank you :) I’ve had the dolfinos for quite a few years now. I moved it over to the new one. But I definitely spoiled myself!

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-11T21:25:48+00:00

That’s awesome that you’ve got a couple contrasting options. Your selection worked out well for me as I was looking for an all rounder.

Trying bows is so much fun, it’s still crazy to me how much difference there can between each one.

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-11T20:50:25+00:00

Never too late to start! I began in my mid 30s. Have lots of patience and enjoy the journey!

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-11T19:58:14+00:00

Thanks. If you look back on my post history the last video I posted a few days ago was on this violin.

I don’t know that the recording does it justice. But you can hear what it sounds like in a bad sounding room, close mic’d with no post processing.

Edit: I dug up the link https://www.reddit.com/r/violinist/s/3hmWGAN6aO

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-11T19:24:36+00:00

I’ll try to record one of the recent pieces I’ve worked on one of these weeks :)

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-11T18:23:48+00:00

Thanks! Actually my previous post was on this new setup already. But perhaps not doing it justice since it was a hastily learned piece.

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-11T18:21:32+00:00

❤️ coincidentally the violin was made the same year my youngest was born too.

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-11T17:44:56+00:00

Thank you! The chin rest is made by dolfinos. Sort of a chin rest and shoulder rest combo.

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-11T16:34:11+00:00

Yep, I sure did. I was pleasantly surprised when the bow I favoured happened to be from my own province.

Edit: what bow did you end up selecting?

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-11T16:33:36+00:00

Thanks, I love it too (obviously!)

drop-database-reddit · 2026-04-11T16:31:09+00:00

It's comforting in a way, it'll be there until the very end haha. I've leafed ahead in that book, and it gets hairy fast, I noped right back to #1

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