Remedial repair
A small English viola, details of some remedial crack repair and centre join work. Fitted a new Bass Bar in addition.
Cello Neck Graft
I’ve lost count of how many neck grafts I’ve done over the years. These images are just a few of a cello neck graft in progress.
Fingerboard shoot.
A Gustave Bernardel violin, which was on the bench for some much-needed maintenance. A before and after image of the fingerboard, from rather worn, to corrected and fine finished.
New Bridge.
A new bridge fitted to a violin by John Betts.
Old violin new button.
On this violin, I made a new button to replace the original. I had fitted a doubling patch traversing the back and the new button to add structural integrity, sadly not photographed. Thes images show the varnish re-touching, before, during and after.
Cello scroll graft
Here is a cello scroll graft in progress. The pegbox had been damaged beyond economic repair. As the scroll was undamaged, I carved a new pegbox and grafted the original scroll on to the new pegbox.
A Viola scroll repair of damage and missing material. Before, during and after.
A violin neck graft and bushing – before and after retouching
A violin whose corner was knocked off. I re set the corner and retouched the varnish as needed.
An English violin on which I grafted a new neck, bushed the pegbox, plus some repair to the pegbox cheek. Before, during and after the varnish retouching.
A stunning violin by J B Vuillaume, in the workshop for a set up and voicing. This violin is modelled after Paganini’s Guarneri del Gesu, Il Cannone.
Cello – pegbox bushing to reduce oversized and worn peg holes. Fitting of new pegs.
A violin by Giovanni Paolo Maggini – a couple of very old pegbox repairs had failed. I removed the old inner cheek doubling and fitted a new and feathered liner. New peg bushings, varnish retouching and new Hansel pegs fitted.
Cello bridge. From blank to fitted.
