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We had the pleasure to set up a booth at Douglas College to show the engineering aspects of violin making. With a simple setup, we demonstrated resonance at different frequencies with Chladni figures. This is also how we tune the violin plates!
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Our June meeting was a great success with 16 members and guests, a birthday cake, and plenty of new violins. The attendees enjoyed playing four recently made violins, including a first! We also also had some finely crafted scrolls and there were some custom tools on display including thicknessing gauges, planes and closing clamps. Our next meeting will…
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We had a great meeting with a local professional luthier stopping by with four violins a viola that he had made. About 10 members turned out including a nice mix of our experienced and new builders. In total we had eight instruments displayed, including an instrument with fancy inlaying.
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We had a great turn out with four new violins. We had some spectacular instruments highlighting the fine craftsmanship of the makers. Two young students showed off their first instruments and we had the plates and ribs from a violin in process. We were even treated to some fine violin playing in classic, Chinese, and…
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Meetings have continued through the fall and winter here in Vancouver. At our February meeting we had a good turn out of 10 members. Its an exciting time as there are two new members making their way through their first violins. We put four member-made violins through their paces and a look a poster of the ‘Il…
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We had our first meeting after the summer break this past Friday. The meeting had a good turn out with 8 or so regular members and a guest who found out about the club through this website! Also, we had a variety of Strad and Del Gesu models from three of the more active members.
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The May meeting was held today with a fantastic turnout. We had about 10 members and eight violins and one viola. Several of the instruments were ‘hot off the press’, having been completed since last months meeting. Also on display was a 100+ year old Italian instrument, a great bench mark for aspiring makers! A guest to the…
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The April 17th meeting was held with a great turnout. We had two violins, one viola and even a mandolin in the white! As well a exquisitely carved lion’s head scroll was displayed which will be incorporated into a future instrument.
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The March 20th Meeting had a light turn out with three instruments displayed. A small viola, one previously finished violin and one violin in the white, yet to be finished.
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Association member Roy Israel held a “How to Make a Violin” one-day course at Lee Valley today. The seminar went very well. There were four attendees, all of whom participated with good interaction and lots of very good questions. The seminar ran form 09:30 and went through to 16:30 with a short lunch break. A typical violin…
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