Arching correction and crack repairs to modern Italian violin; Turin, ca. 1885
Arching correction and crack repairs to modern Italian violin; Turin, ca. 1885
Two violins by David Goodrich, awaiting "setting up"
Violins regularly maintained by Goodrich Violin Shop have included, from left to right:
- Antonio Stradivari 1718, the "San Lorenzo"
- Nicolo Amati
- Nicolo Amati, the "King Louis XIV".
Button graft, interior view prior to shaping an Old French cello
Button graft, exterior view prior to shaping, Old French cello
Repair of three cracks, a soundpost patch, a new bass bar and several edge underlays to a Collin-Mezin cello
Neck graft to Giov. B. Guadagnini violin [note the original neck block and the three original nail holes for attaching the original neck]
Neck resetting on the "San Lorenzo" Stradivari [the text inked onto both "C" bout ribs, over the original varnish reads "In this house dwells wealth and power"]
Midway through a button patch on a fine violin by Hilaire Darche
Violin top prepared for first in a series of arching correction molds. The metal is very thin alloyed tin which clings to the curvature and acts as a barrier to protect the delicate varnish from the casting material.
Chalk fitting a patch to the lower bout area of a fine French violin to strengthen a cracked and weakened area
Doubling the rib on a Klingenthal viola ca. 1780 to correct for numerous cracks and worm damage
Completed rib structure, top and back in early stages of graduation
Button patch to reinforce broken original button on a fine Carlo De March violin
Fitting a soundpost patch in a Klingenthal viola