May 2, 2011

How Violins Are Manufactured And Assembled

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Violins are made in a variety of ways. The least expensive are factory-machine made. These are fine for beginning students.

Great, beautiful sounding violins, called “bench-made,” are created by hand by a master violin maker or his/her group of artists.

The first step is choosing a wood like spruce, maple, rosewood or willow. Ebony wood is most often used for the neck but, maple is also used. Woods are chosen for their sound quality (more…)