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What Makes It A Factory Violin?


Difference Between Cheap and Expensive Violins - Kennedy Violins

Not made with traditional methods (not carved wood, could be pressed or plywood veneer); Made “factory/assembly line” style; Usually not set-up; Made from wood ...

Bluett Bros. Violins | Handmade Instruments

Bluett Bros. Violins is a music and violin shop, specializing in all stringed instruments, located in York, PA.

The State of Chinese Violin Making, From Past to Present

Today, just over 25 years after the emergence of privately owned factories, China is the largest producer of violins in the world. And although the sheer ...

The American Violin Manufacturing Company

Modeling or carving the shape or arch in order to produce the tone color desired is also a big feature. The main value of the instrument lies in ...

How to Choose a Violin - ViolinSchool.com

Many of the older handmade instruments around are European violins made between 1880 and 1930; the most prolific time for violin making. These ...

Violin – Copy of Ole Bull – Made in Germany - Vi Wickam

This may have been one of the first acts of commercial celebrity endorsement. Ole Bull was a virtuoso violinist, and most of these factory-made violins are ...

Violin - Wikipedia

Violins can be strung with gut, Perlon or other synthetic, or steel strings. A person who makes or repairs violins is called a luthier or violinmaker. One who ...

Stradivarius Violins | Smithsonian Institution

Thousands upon thousands of violins were made in the 19th century as inexpensive copies of the products of great Italian masters of the 17th and 18th centuries.

myth - old-violin-international

If a violin has no corner blocks, it is a cheaply made factory violin - definately not ! Factory violins are made by machine - "factory violin" might mean a ...

China's violin-makers - The World from PRX

There are a couple dozen violin factories in Donggaocun, but one, Huadong, makes most of the town's violins and markets them globally under the brand Huayun.

German, French, Czech, Italian|The violin|FORUM|LEARN TO PLAY ...

Slightly thinner poly is still poly. It won't make a significant difference in the sound. You are reading ad copy from the manufacturer, who ...

What is the sound of one violin smashing? - Nathan Cole

Whether you want to call a group of people and some machines working together a factory or a shop, you can turn out high or low quality ...

The Cecilio MV300 4/4 violin in Antique finish. A proper violin, not a ...

While these instruments can be made to play, they usually cost far more effort than they are worth. A hard rule is that a quality instrument ...

Could this old violin go for a song? - Elizabeth Appraisals

That means they are factory or assembly line instruments made for ... C., just because your violin is old does not make it a great violin.

Review of Fiddles Under $500

The majority of their products are factory made, with just a small number of models handcrafted. Their range of violins are not likely to be sufficient enough ...

Science and the Stradivarius - Physics World

... violin, which is why no two instruments ever sound exactly alike. The ... factory-made violins. The violins were excited by a simple ...

Does Violin Bow Quality Matter?

Bow Components. A violin bow is made up of several components: the stick, frog, hair, and the screw. · Bowing Techniques. Techniques like spiccato, sautillé, and ...

Markneukirchen: German violin making in “German-Cremona”

... violinist and a craftsman who enjoyed experimentation. In 1813 he joined forces with a manufacturer of brass instruments to make a brass violin – an ...

Old German Violin Info Request - Discussion Forums - Fiddle Hangout

The hungarian fiddle is no "factory"-instrument. "Szegedi Hangszergyártó Kft" was a small company - with a private owner (for many years ...

Identify an old violin - VI-CONTROL

The violin and bow aren't connected, in other words violins and bows are made by different makers/companies etc. The fiddle is probably factory ...