General bow care (2) 1.       Bows are very fragile, keep it away from accident falling and bumping 2.    Bow tip is most fragile part, do not beat music stand or touch ground as cane which could resulting broken or crack. 3.    Bow hair is sensitive to humidity and would accordingly turn loose or sho...

When you find your instrument tone is change or have noise, there is probably have conditions like degumming, un-tighten fine tuner, chinrest get touch with tailpiece, fingerboard de-glue, or nut groove not deep enough… You need take it to see expert luthier to fix. 1.   Top plate, back and side degumming Violin top plate, back a...

General Bow Care It is very important to keep the thumb leather near the frog of a bow in good condition. Worn on stick in thumb position Worn on stick shown after frog removal If it is worn through to the wood, have it replaced immediately. Many valuable bows have been severely damaged in this area by the thumbnail because the thu...

General violin Care and Maintenance 1. 1. It is best to handle your instrument by the neck. The natural oils from our skin attract dust and rosin to the varnish. 2. Let your violin string keep loose if you don’t play it for a long time. This way you can keep the top plate stretched. But not excessive loose to keep the bridge and sound post on the po...

小提琴对干燥的空气特别的敏感，对湿度和温度的变化反应也很快。如果室外寒冷而室内的中央暖气系统又比较好的话，干燥的空气就最易成为突出的问题。如果湿度变低干燥时，小提琴容易收缩，结果就是，如果你幸运的话，琴弦降低了，那么你只要换一个冬天用的琴码就可以了。如果运气不好，调音弦轴会变松，更严重的是面板、背板，还有其他的部分都会崩裂。基本上摄式20度到25度是比较适合小提琴的温度。 小提琴是由天然木材胶合而成，当木材在不同的气候环境里，就会产生膨胀和萎缩。木材如果长期存放在潮湿的环境里，就有可能导致木质发霉甚至木纤维的腐烂。当气候干燥时，木材细胞核的水份会慢慢蒸发，因而木材会萎缩受到由内而外的力的损害。一般最适合保存提琴的理想相对湿度是40%-60%。当低于相对湿度30%时，一段时间后可能引起琴板开胶甚至开裂。 在中国，夏天空气湿度很大，由于琴板内部是不涂油漆的...