James E. Holland / Sandy Collins Violin Restoration
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Antique violin restoration or Sandy Collins
Refinish, chip repair, peg repair, bridge setup
Send me your antique instruments for restoration.
Keith Rowell / (770) 927-7111 USA
+351 915 171 925 Europe
Unknown maker
assumed to be made between 1880 and 1940
possibly German
no labels
Great video! thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Just got my grandfathers old violin that means so much to me since he’s really the only musician in the family besides me. I will restore it hopefully finish it in 2022. Videos like this will come in handy. My grandfathers violin is an old 1736 Stradivarius copy.
Like Ms. Sandy, I have a violin that was handed down to my mother from her late father then was given to me. My mother did not play nor I but now I am learning to play it. You did a wonderful job it looks so pretty. Sandy's father would be so proud.
You are very kind
Awesome work and excellent video!
Thank you very much!
Great Video! A friend of mine recently gave me an old violin he found in the trash and I'm thinking of attempting to do what you've done in this video just for the learning experience. The body looks pretty abused but I don't see any fatal looking cracks.
Go for it.
Sorry for the delay in responding. I apologize for the delay. It took forever for me to find the comments section in my youtube app. : (
Good repairing.... I needed old violin
Wow, nice job! I’m about start my first violin restore, this helps
Best of luck!
Hey, great job! I'm at the start of something very similar, and have a couple of questions for you:
- What are you spraying it with?
- what kind colors do you use for painting it? And do you think some other colors would work better at covering the old scars?
- Do you use pure water for sandpaper?
Thanks!
Wow, I just got your comment. I'm sorry about that.
Sprayed with shellac
Oil colors, you can add alcohol dye to shellac in a french polish method. It's translucent so it doesn't obscure wood grain, but is very hard to manage. Oil is traditional.
Just tap water.
Maravilhoso trabalho
To be honest If Stradivari was Alive today he’d spray the laquer, been spraying when I refinish a violin.
Did the sanding and overspray change the tone quality?
The tone is affected by the finnish. Essentially the harder the finish the better. Shellac takes a long time to fully harden but not as long as oil based finishes. I sometimes use a french polish method that is somewhere in between. Spirit varnish is the hardest, most expensive, traditional finish. But it's the shape, thickness, quality, weight, of the wood plates that is most important for volume and tone.
@@KeithRowell this guy has no idea what hes talking about
spirit varnish is the cheapest fastest shit
its shellac and alcohol
french polish is not 'inbetween"
its shellac and alcohol only weaker
oil varnish is the presstige finish
but it to is just a con to pump up the price
nitrocellulose lacquer, like used here, used to be the go to guitar finish
so the american bluegrass and country players tend to use that because they go to guitar repair guys
its to fragile and never really cures,but its easy to touch up, which is good i think
classical players would shreak in horror at that
but those clowns dont know anything
theyre they same fools who pay, on average. 10 grand for a" professionl level violin"
and MILLIONS for strads and del jesu's which is another complete con
those violins arent any better then anything else
the price of those strdivarius and guaneri violins is due the tax shelter and money laudering games being played by the 'chartible foundations' thay own them
its more total bullshit
WHATS THE BEST FINISH FOR VIOLINS?
scientific studies have concluded
ordinary hardware store SPAR VARNISH its flexible and tough
just thin it out a bit, and dont put on to many coats
Can you tell me the tune at the 6 minute mark and the recording? I just sold 18 fiddles that I've had for years, all in need of repair of course. Need to play more and repair less. Still keeping a handful for myself though. ;{)
I"m so sorry I can't remember. I used a free youtube source I think.
What colors do you use? Water, or Oil.
oil
What do you use as the spray protectant?
Shellac.
i love america and american music , folk ! i must admit i detest your lakker however your soul is there and it is beautifull ,,, when repairing a crack on a brown tanned violin , please just use ground coffee beans or nescafe as a colourant ,,, please stay in touch as restoring and repatranating art and musical instroments shows spirit and love and respect ,,, god bless america :)
What color do you use?
The color is oil paint. There are other ways but oil is one of the traditional methods.
what did you spray on it in the garden?
Shellac
Is it ok to use laquer vs brushing on shellac?
That's a judgement call. Traditional finishes in order of quality are: spirit (which includes tree resins), oil, shellac. Lacquer was originally a shellac but now frequently refers to petroleum based products. These can be better in some ways (hardness, ease of use) but are not traditional. It's a judgement call as to whether one wants to diverge from tradition. I would er on the side of tradition unless I was working on a cheap modern violin.
I apologize for the delay in responding. I'm still getting the hang of the "youtube" interface. : )
Podia traduzir em português amigo
desculpe, eu estava em Lisboa e na Madeira no ano passado. Mas será preciso mais exposição para se tornar fluente. O que eu gostaria muito ...; )
sorry, ... I was in Lisbon and Madeira last year. But It will take more exposure to become fluent. Which I would like very much... ; )
What color do you use?
Oil. I apologise for the delay in responding. I'm new to "you tubing". But thanks for the question. : )