Copy of Stradivarius violin 4

This violin was acquired together with “violin 4”. This violin is in better overall shape than “violin 4”, they both have some battle damage on the top plate but I guess that can’t be helped – I see it quite often and I haven’t even seen a lot of violins yet.

I did a clean and polish of the body with a Hill product for cleaning and polishing varnish. Most of the time, the violin is still hazy in spots after I use it. Maybe I need to look into another product to clean and polish the varnish.

There were some rough spots in the fingerboard and a long gouge from near the middle to the end of the fingerboard (closer to the bridge side). I sanded the fingerboard down with some 220 grit paper and even though the fingerboard is smooth, you can still see the rough spots and gouge.

Like “violin 4”, this violin has a fingerboard that isn’t Ebony. I did stain the fingerboard after sanding to try to get the black back into it. Interestingly enough, the usualy spot where the neck is generally not painted, has been painted. The fingerboard along the neck has been painted as well.

The set of pegs are pretty chewed up – I have seen this before; wear and tear. New pegs will most likely be used on this violin.

The tailpiece itself is in pretty good condition but doesn’t have any fine tuners on it. After thinking about for a little bit, I did replace the tailpiece with one that had built in fine tuners.

I was hoping to reuse the bridge but it was on the low side. A new bridge means practice.

The neck was off on the left to right axis. It was actually the opposite of “violin 4” in direction. The good thing was that the neck was easier to take off, it was just held on by some glue from the heel bottom to nose. I got the left/right a little better but the angle went off on me; it is sitting on the higher side now.