1. Violin and Cello Scroll Repairs | Restoration Techniques
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Scroll Repairs The scroll is an iconic and essential part of every violin family instrument—adding both aesthetic beauty and balance to the instrument. Unfortunately, scrolls are also vulnerable to breakage ...

2. Bow Frog Repair Services | Restoration Techniques and Guides
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... of frog repair pages provides insights into a variety of techniques for restoring frog functionality—from minor cosmetic issues to complex structural fixes. Whether you're dealing with a broken tongue, ...

3. Professional Bow Repair Services | Callier-Scollard Violins
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Bow Repairs The bow is an essential component of stringed instruments, and proper maintenance ensures both longevity and performance. Over time, bows can suffer from a wide variety of issues, from breaks ...

4. Repairing Major Cello Neck Breaks | Sheared and Cracked Neck Fixes
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Here are some major neck breaks that require detailed repair work. Student Cello Neck Repair This cello had a severely broken neck. While a neck graft would be the best solution, it wasn’t practical ...

5. Cello Varnish Matching: Restoring Original Finish
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Cello Varnish Matching & Restoration This cello had an unusual patch of varnish where someone had attempted a previous touch-up. The existing repair was opaque and obscured the natural grain of the ...

6. Sheared Cello Neck
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Here is an inexpensive cello where the neck had been repaired several times and eventually those repairs failed. Let's try to fix is for a final time. Here are the steps: Remove all of the old pins ...

7. Crack Repairs Near ff-Holes
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Here is a cello where the crack that went into the ff hold did not line up very good. The easiest way to get the alignment perfect is to make a small mold and clamp the top to the mold and then clamp the ...

8. Cello Back Crack Repair: Step-by-Step Guide for Soundpost Damage
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This cello had one of the most challenging cracks to repair—caused by pressure from the soundpost, which caused the back to bulge slightly. The crack also ran diagonally across the grain, adding to the ...

9. Bow Ring Ferrule Repair: Flattening and Soldering Techniques
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... shift during the repair. Flatten with Wood: Place a flat piece of wood against the ferrule and gently tap it until the metal flattens out evenly.   Soldering a Cracked ...

10. Student Cello Rib Repair: Step-by-Step Plywood Fix
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  This student cello had a significant issue—a large hole in its plywood rib, with fractures spreading through its thin maple veneer. Given the instrument’s value, disassembling it for repair wasn’t ...

11. Cello and Bass Clamp Spacers with Magnets
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Sometimes my cello or bass clamps need to be a little smaller, so I made these Pac-Man style spacers with a magnet in the center. The advantage of the magnet is that the spacer stays attached to the clamp ...

12. Cello and Bass Bridge Fitting Guide
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Fitting Cello and Bass bridges need to be done usually on a bench. Here are the general steps. The first step is selecting a bridge. For most instruments I prefer using a Aubert #16 bridge. Generally ...

13. 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 ...

14. Bass Center Seam Repair: Magnet-Cleat Technique for Efficient Fixes
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This is a decent college school bass where the lower part of the senter seam became unglued. I could get the seam to move around a little so I knew that I could easily get hot hyde glue worked into the ...

15. Using Rare Earth Magnets for Cleat Installation
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... magnets to install cleats from the outside especially for back seams or other back cracks. Possible even cracks or center seams on the top of cellos or basses would be possible if needed. These are the ...

16. 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 ...

17. 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 ...

18. 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 ...

19. Student Cello Repairs | Neck and Back Restoration
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Here is a student cello. Several years ago the neck and button were broken out. I aligned it and pinned it from the inside. This time it was dropped again and the neck even with a broken button heald steady, ...

20. String Looping Techniques for Violin Family Instruments | Examples
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This must be the bane of violin, viola, cello or bass repair. The old string are in the way, completely removing them is a waste of time. Creating a loop and hooking that loop around the pegs saves time. ...