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my on line violin making book. If you have questions or comments, please feel welcome to e-mail me at:
David Langsather, violin maker.
Salem, Oregon (503) 364- 8685
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Two final stories about this violin {Opus # 16}:
When I had just completed it, I went upstairs to my music practice room and began playing it to see how it sounded. After about 15 minutes, my college age son who had been downstairs in the garage working with the radio on walked outside, heard me playing and came inside and upstairs. When he came into the room he said: "...what is that!....something is different with this violin".
A few minutes later, my wife Karen, who had been downstairs in the kitchen came upstairs with a similar comment.
At the bakery demonstration 'concert'; after violinist Ron Kilde has played on it for about ten minutes, he stopped and said to the audience: " I don't know how much this young lady paid for this violin, ... but this is a $ 10,000 violin!" (Ron is a very conservative fellow so this was a high compliment) After the performance, two people asked if they could purchase it.
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{2017} I wish that all violins turned out so well; but the truth is that only a few well made violins sound good (no matter how fine their appearance.
..The past 19 years I have been on a journey to discover what actually helps to make a good violin sound and performance. After about 10,000 of hours of research, reading, experimenting, and making later, I seem to be nearer the goal of learning how to turn out exceptional instruments time after time. Not quite yet perhaps, but possibly (Lord willing) soon. (and who is counting the many thousands of dollars in expenses!)
...There are so many contributing factors that make up the completed sound of a wooden instrument, and these have to be explored one at a time, before the next promising area can be taken up.
..The past year and a half I have concentrated on the wood selection process and believe there may be several break through's. Please see Wood Tone and Rub Tone selection topics for the latest developments. David Langsather, Salem, Oregon USA 2017
