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Craig Scollard

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1. Crack Repairs Near ff-Holes
( General » Repairs )
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 ...
... many locals. The laboratory, equipped with modern amenities, was a model of good working conditions compared to the sweatshops of that era. His innovations included printing millions of free almanacs to ...
3. Cello and Bass Bridge Fitting Guide
( General » Repairs )
... and it's square to the top you are done. Then next step is setting the height of the bridge. I like using magnets to hold my templet in place. That way I can sight down the fingerboard and get a good ...
...  The one drawback is the good magnets are a little expensive and can be a little dangerous. Usually I store them in a stack, so you need to be cautious getting them apart or putting them back together ...
5. Cello Top Seam
( General » Repairs )
... a cello. The odd thing about this cello was that the varnish wasn't really adheared to the wood very good. There were lots of spots that had the varnish chipped off. Also when I would put a clamp on, the ...
... bass bar post in there and strung it up. It actually sounded pretty good. I'll have her try it and see how it sounds since she knows the before sound. Perhaps if it sounds good or better than before, just ...
... the control and go directly to the jack, but I thought why not use the built in controls and see how it sounds when it's attached to a good quality Baggs pickup.    ...
... head of hair, I glue the head back together without a pin. Then put the block and hair back in and over tighten the stick and see how long it lasts. That's a good way to test a glue joint. So, I proposed ...
When a slide is stuck or has been glued in, you can inject a little water and a small amount of heat to free up the slide.   Note mixing needles also work good for injecting a little ...
... the remainder. It's not really a good idea to ream the bushing out to a normal peg shape because, the material is quite hard and it will wreck your reamer, plus there is usually a little bit of bushing ...
11. Bass String Winder
( General » History )
Here is a bass string winder that Paul made. Works very good with a cordless drill.    ...
12. Morin Khuur
( General » Information )
... try tuning again. Then repeat the process until the string can get tuned up to pitch and that it sounds good. In the end, she removed 80 and 40 strands from right and left string, bringing down the ...
13. Center Seams
( General » Repairs )
... the bottom part of the back is exactly centered with the bottom block. In this case the "c" bouts aligned very good so I glued them at the same time, but sometimes you need to glue those on another day. ...
How do you remove a cello endpin that has slipped inside the cello? Most likely the endpin's collar has fallen off. A lot of the newer Chinese endpins do not have good threads that holdd the knurled collar ...
... wrap should help protect the hair. To clean your case I recommend using the following steps. Completely empty your case. Brush out the case with a good brush getting into all the little crevices. ...
Another cello scroll that was broken through the "A" peg. This crack did not line up very good, so I needed to clamp it using a different method.     Another ...
... using a knife and file. This should be straight Thin down the center of the neck Modkfy the curves at the heal and nut using a template Draw a center line Use a good wrasp to remove most of the ...
... but it was quite sticky and rubbery, ugh. (3) Once the two pieces line up as good as possible, then it needs to be glued together. Something needs to be used to keep the fingerboard side of the neck ...
... them were only a couple millimeters apart. Also inscribed with pencil on he inside of the top is this: Repaired By Gaylord Marsh March 1st 1911 Winsted Conn A very old and very good violin ...
... were complete, I made the final adjustments and finished the surface. The scroll was now stable, functional, and looking good.  ...
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