MIMF

Thanks, Barry. I'm doing it up for a friend who will definitely play it -my slowly growing field of 'expertise' is guitars, but violins keep turning up and the fine working with wood needs the same mindset . But this is the first attempt to refurbish and restore a violin and I have been surprised at...

Have I got too serious too quickly?

I have been cleaning and revarnishing an old violin - 19th century German, I guess. The ebony fingerboard is seriously worn down halfway through just at the top where the bow wears the top string. It has a lovely deep red varnish which has pooled rather beautifully on the back - kept over a fireplac...