Replace the handle, and the blade...

[bugshaw]

After half a dozen years holding on to my late father's viola, wondering how and where and if and how expensively it could be restored to a playable condition, I did a little research and found The Violin Workshop not a mile from my house. They make and repair violins/violas/cellos, and do courses where you can make your own!

They gave my viola a good look-over, and reckon I'll need new strings, pegs and their holes reamed, adjusters fitted, possibly a new bridge, new end button, clean and fill a hairline crack, reset the sound post, pull off the thingie from the top of the fingerboard and do something with it, possibly replace the fingerboard if I play a lot and wear it down, new bow (mine has bow bug), and new case....

Comments

[nmg.livejournal.com]

Ewww. Bow bugs.

[robthefish.livejournal.com]

Yay, watch "Whisper of the Heart" http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/mimi/
Then go build a violin :-D

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

Whoa, a mile from your house? Cool.

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

I know! I like this town.

[rhubarbfool.livejournal.com]

There's also a bowmaker Richard Wilson on Kingston Street which is even closer I think.

[sphyg.livejournal.com]

kaet was disappointed to discover they didn't make "bow and arrow" type bows ;)

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

Heh! No, he's an archetier, not a bowyer. (Those, with 'luthier', are my new words for the week)