Callier-Scollard Violins
Craig Scollard

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Pasadena, CA 91105
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... back onto the plywood rib. Fill a little bit of the missing chards and use small dowles to fill the 4 holes. Touchup the varnish a little.      ...
Here is a violin top where the wood was worn away, most likeley by the case's bow holder.   I wan't too happy with this one so I reworked the varnish. I'll look ...
3. Cello Top Seam
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... 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 ...
... of the scroll where you could tell the varnish had cracked. Although I could barly get the scroll to cheaks to move I didn't force them apart and just worked as much glue as possible into the fractures. ...
5. Cello Varnish and Edges
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Here is a cello that had a missing edge and several large gouges in the top, plus there were a lot of scratches and chips in the varnish. Attached are some before and after photos.  ...
6. Center Seams
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... would help iline up, no luck. So I removed the back. The center seam had glue and varnish between the halves. I carefully started cleaning up the seams. One photo shows the before and after of the ...
7. Violin Revarnish
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This is a violin that had the top stripped and the back, ribs and scroll seemed to have been revarnished using Tung Oil. I finished stripping off the odd varnish and then cleaned up the blotchy look. Here ...
... without flash which I think explains the different varnish look.   Same idea but with a bass.     ...
Violin family instruments sometimes get their edges damaged. A new piece of wood can be added and then reshaped and the varnish can be matched. Here is an edge with several steps.  ...
A nice old violin that had very ruff varnish texture on the top.     This violin had some blackish overvarnish.     Another Violin with ...
... were drilled and the pegs were fitted. Then there was a slight amount of varnish touch up to make the boxwood a matching color to the original varnish.   Here is a violin ...
...        I spent a lot of time cleaning out the cracks and then sealing them. When I did the final french polishing the varnish ...
... to the peg since they were mechinacal. Do a little bit of varnigh touch up to hide the parts where the varnish chipped off when it broke.  ...
... Then once the fingerobard fits the new wedge, it's glued on. The next day the wedge needs to be worked into the curve of the neck. The neck needs to be treated and a little varnish touch up is done under ...
... corner is shaped so that it matches the wear of the original corners. Varnish is then applied so that it also matches the original varnish.   Another Violin Corner replacement. ...
16. Violin Revarnish
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Recently a customer brought in a violin that had been partially stripped of it's varnish. He wanted a golden yellow light brown varnish. Here are the before and after shots.  ...
17. Cell with hole in back
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... glued into the hole. Staggered cleats were added to support the broken pieces. I fixed a couple of previous rib cracks and then put the top back on and did the varnish touch up. Here are some shots of ...
18. Bass Rib Repair
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... hole and then clamping the piece from the outside. (4) Some quick varnish touch-up and it's finished.      This next bass had one large crack on the lower ...
Instruments sometimes get nicks or scratches that can be touched up. The upper right rib is also prone to varnish wear. Generally, the larger the area the more time it takes to match and touch-up the varnish. ...
20. Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass Repairs
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...  Violin Repairs Viola Repairs Cello Repairs Bass Repairs Bow Repairs Varnish Touchup Pegs Fitting Fingerboards Finger Boards End Pins Endbuttons Violin Restoration Viola Restoration ...
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