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Sound post setting tool. The position of the sound post inside a violin is critical, and moving it by very small amounts (as little as 0.5mm or 0.25mm, or less) can make a big difference in the sound quality and loudness of an instrument. Specialized tools for standing up or moving a sound post are commercially available.
A violin consists of a body or corpus, a neck, a finger board, a bridge, a soundpost, four strings, and various fittings.The fittings are the tuning pegs, tailpiece and tailgut, endpin, possibly one or more fine tuners on the tailpiece, and in the modern style of playing, usually a chinrest, either attached with the cup directly over the tailpiece or to the left of it.
Sound post adjustment is as much art as science, depending on the ears, experience, structural sense, and sensitive touch of the luthier. Moving the sound post has very complex consequences on the sound; in the end, it is the ear of the person doing the adjusting that determines the desired location of the post.
The violins were its best product, and many are still on the second-hand market. They are considered workmanlike, designed for everyday use, and often sounding better than their construction would indicate. They generally are valued in the range of $200 to $400, with an exception one selling for up to $800. [9]
The sound holes of cellos and other instruments of the violin family are known as F-holes and are located on opposing sides of the bridge. A sound hole is an opening in the body of a stringed musical instrument, usually the upper sound board. Sound holes have different shapes: Round in flat-top guitars and traditional bowl-back mandolins;
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The Messiah - Salabue Stradivarius of 1716 is a violin made by the Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. It is considered to be the only Stradivarius in existence in as "new" state. [ 1 ] The neck has been lengthened and at minimum the bass bar, bridge, tailpiece, and pegs have been replaced.
The Huffington Post reached out to historians across the country to create a list of women who deserve more recognition for their accomplishments. Women may not always get the historical credit their male counterparts do, but as these women show, they were always there doing the work.