1. Cello Back Seam Repair: Step-by-Step Guide
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Here is another cello with a back seam that I glued from the outside. The seam was open at the bottom and there was a nitiacable gap that would not close. Here are the steps I used. Unglue the right ...

2. Cello Back Seam that is glued from the Outside
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Another cello with an open lower back seam. Here are a coupld of photos.     Here is a factory cello where the back seam is unglued at least half way and as a challenge ...

3. Cello Top Seam
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This cello was falling apart, the neck was off and the top center seam was unglued, plus a lot of the seams were unglued. At first I tried gluing the top seam back together without taking it apart. I could ...

4. Restoring a Nice Cello with Sentimental Value | Callier Scollard Violins
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This cello holds significant sentimental value for my customer. Initially, he entrusted it to a luthier who suggested that removing the back prior to repair would lower the cost. However, upon first removing ...

5. Cello Repair: Fixing Bass Bar and Sound Post Cracks from Outside
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This cello had a sound post crack, I thought I would glue if from the outside. Place a sheet of thick paper over the crack and plot the line. Form the mold on the top of the thick paper Place a ...

6. Caspari Pegs: Repair Guide for slipping pegs | Callier-Scollard Violins
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... the bushing back in. If after making the screw as tight as possible it still slips, the bushing is too worn out, it's too narrow. You can make a bushing shim out of a fiber material with a hole in the ...

7. Center Seams
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This violin had a horrible repair on the center back seam. There was so much glue on the uneven seam that it looked like someone had glued it with epoxy, ugh. Anyway, I told him that i could see if it ...

8. Bow Repairs | Examples of Repaired Bows | Expert Bow Repair Services
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...  Here is a bow that I believe had broken many years ago and he brought it to my shop. The break  of the head and the stick no longer ligned up so I had to fit it a little before gluing it together. ...

9. Various Methods for Clamping Broken Scrolls | Violin Repair Tips
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...  Repairing a Broken Cello Scroll This cello scroll had multiple cracks, including a small shard that had broken off. Due to the complexity of the damage, I repaired each section individually to ensure ...

10. Raising the String Projection of Violin, Viola, or Cello: Solutions and Methods
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Over time the string projection of a violin, viola or cello can lower. The easiest way to make it easy to play again is to simply lower the bridge so that the string height is the correct distance from ...

11. Cello Neck and Structural Repairs | Step-by-Step Restoration
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Redoing a Failed Cello Neck Repair This cello had a previous failed repair where the neck projection dropped and the break had slightly reopened. I suspected there was some kind of weak support barely ...

12. Violin Repair - Prices for Gluing Seams | Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass
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Violin family instruments have their tops and backs glued onto the rib structure using hyde glue which is a strong brittle glue. Sometimes if the weather changes a seam will need to be re-glued. It's always ...