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Violin Tune-up
This morning, I took my son's violin to have it adjusted. According to the person who will adjust his violin, it is recommended to have it adjusted once a year. If you play a lot, it might be necessary to have it adjusted 2-3 times a year. I got this...
Humidifier for Violin
The other day, I took my son's 3/4 size bow for rehair to the local repair person/teacher. He trained in Moenning & Son years ago, so he must be good. He took a look at the bow and told me I have to make sure that the room has at least 50% humi...
Trying New Violins
As I stated in the previous post, I brought two violins home from a local luthier, one 3/4 size and one 7/8 size. Next day, my husband took my son and the violins to the lesson. I have to note that the luthier told me that the 3/4 violin wasn't qui...
I Didn't Mean to Buy It.......
I called a local luthier last week to see if he had a time to adjust my son's violin. I haven't done really anything to it since we bought it. I asked him if he had a spare violin my son could borrow while he worked on the violin. Unfortunately, h...
Violin Strings
It is true that the type of strings you use on your violin changes the tone & sound of your violin tremendously. The very first set of strings I put on my son's violin (1/4 size) was Thomastik Dominant. It is said that Dominant is versatile strin...
1/2 size Neuner Violin
When my son was moving on up from his 1/4 size off-the-internet violin from a half size, we tried about 4 different violins. Three were from David Michie Violins. Just that we were in town for the violin camp in Philadelphia, we decided to pay a visi...
My Violin Experience
Zero. This is to say, until my son picked up the violin4 1/2 years ago, I've never seen a real violin in my life. His teacher gave us a list of things to purchase. A violin, a bow and Suzuki Book 1, Nurtured By Love by Dr. Suzuki, Kun shoulder rest ...
