Lundin's Violins

New Inventory at Lundin’s Violins

arvid — Wed, 09 May 2012 23:57:43 +0000

Here are 2 new violin outfits from Romania the Crescendo: $325, and the Cadenza: $650. They come with Deluxe cases and bows, are professionally setup.

new high quality horse hair for violin bow rehairing!

arvid — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:01:32 +0000

today we received the highest quality horse hair for violin bow re-hair available. it was fun to use it right away on 3 customer bows that just came in today too. i noticed it was a bit softer than the previous hank we had. here are some pictures showing the full hank tied in string just after unpacking it. there are a few violin bows and cello bows that got new hair today.

Violin Pegs Article

arvid — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:12:34 +0000

I’ll give you my perspective on violin pegs, based on my 45 years of tuning, and 40 years of adjusting and installing them:
Traditional hardwood/ebony pegs when properly fitted and MAINTAINED, plus knowing all the techniques and tricks of tuning serve me well for tuning violin family instruments. I’m also familiar with the use of fine tuners, which make fine tuning easier for most people.—Fine tuners, however add weight and compromise the string length. The Wittner tuner tailpiece is light weight and works out well in maintaining correct string length proportions. However, it is not always match well with the rest of the set up, such as boxwood and rosewood fittings. My favorite violin, which I play regularly, is set up with rosewood pegs and one small fine tuner on the E string. I rub a small amount of peg dope (Hill’s Peg Compound) on each peg when I change strings every few months. At this point, I’ll talk about Wittner Fine Tune Pegs. Players who have reached their middle years and older often experience discomfort with tuning due to arthritis. These pegs look like ebony pegs, are lighter, easier to tune with, and apparently require less maintainence than other mechanical pegs. I have and will install these for players. They come in two sizes, so far, for full size violins.

repairs repairs repairs

arvid — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:46:39 +0000

the Cookes came in today with an old family violin that needs some work done to the neck. Arvid has given them a repair order with a very reasonable quote. they will be playing with Grandads old violin again soon.
also here are a few more pictures of some instruments in the shop in various stages of repair.

Roth Bass setup!

arvid — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:30:36 +0000

the Roth bass is set up and playin like a dream! this is the nicest bass i have ever played. now that the bass bar is re-attached it has tremendous sustain. job well done.

“Flexed Tension”

arvid — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:09:08 +0000

this is a new pic of the top and its final seem being glued up at the shop today. the bass has a whole new sound with the bass bar having been reattached. when a bass bar is glued to a top it flexes the top slightly putting the top under slight “flexed tension” this gives violin instruments a certain “pop”, balance and volume. only high quality instruments get this kind of refinement.

Roth Bass

arvid — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:37:17 +0000

getting the top glued back on the Roth bass. also, Arvid working on a violin.

Roth Bass Repair

arvid — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:38:49 +0000

pictures of inside the bass top after the bass bar has been re-glued. upon removal we found some leftover stain and finish which had dripped in through the F-holes when it was made. we decided that since the top was off we should clean up the inside around the cleats. there is also some left over hide glue built up around the edges from previous repairs of the lower bout. we scraped all that off as well.
these 2 images are of the before and after top cleanup. will be re-gluing the top of the bass next.

Roth Bass repair, Flying buttress cleats

arvid — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:51:11 +0000

we are getting close to finishing up the repair on the Roth Bass, for our client Kyle. today i have added 3 cleats called “Flying Buttress” type. since they are angled to glue against the bass bar and the top. they are also scalloped for precision.

roth bass repair

arvid — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:08:15 +0000

cracks closing up nicely and coming right along!