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A Foundation for Understanding Sound

I'm not sure who asked the question. I think it's some esoteric Buddhist riddle young grasshoppers are asked. ...
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Instrument Maintenance

The phone was ringing. If it had rung a minute earlier I would have let the answering machine ...
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Myths

A breeze moved the heavy air and gave it a little relief. Thick clouds threatened rain, but the ...
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A More Advanced Evaluation of Sound

In the first issue of Inside the Shop I outlined the three basic principles I use to evaluate ...
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Set Up: The Soundpost and Bridge

There is only one power that determines the course of history, just as it determines the course of ...
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A 5-Seam Map to a Small Corner of Violin History

John F. Kennedy once said: "Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the ...
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Room Acoustics

About 25 years ago I stood in the middle of St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Dwarfed under its ...
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Matching Your Bow to Your Instrument

Last year I heard the San Diego Symphony perform a terrific program, compliments of one of my customers. ...
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Your Instrument’s Grain: Quarter Cut or Slab?

Standing on a mountainside near Klamath Falls in Southern Oregon, I looked up from the base of an ...
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Strings – 5 Tips to Quality String Installation

Avoid bridge and soundpost collapse by changing strings one at a time. Increase string and bridge life by ...
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Neck Shapes Part 2

In the last issue we discussed the actual shape of your instruments' neck. I threw a lot of ...
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Neck Shapes Part 1

The neck of your instrument is the most intimate contact point you have with your violin. And it ...
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Influence Between Schools of Violin Schools

Cupping your hands against the large pane of glass, the world fades behind you. The hot sidewalk, dark ...
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