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Category:Violin
Making Purfling – Doran Violins
Purfling is decorative inlay. On violins it is the little black and white line that runs around the edge of the top and the back. Purfling is made from three pieces of wood sandwiched together to make a black-white-black pattern. Source: Making Purfling – Doran Violins
Olivia Pelling – Fine Strings
A Luthier Fine Strings is celebrating its 10th year of business in Ottawa. Olivia’s stepfather, Seigfried Wagner, was a… Source: Olivia Pelling – Fine Strings
Make Your Own Preformed Purfling
Source: Make Your Own Preformed Purfling (Based on the dates in the text, it is likely Mr. Fischer is quite likely no longer active (“Luthier since 1939” – if we assume he was 19 when he started, then he would have been born in 1920, making him 102 as of the time of this writing…). …
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