Violins, Violas, Cellos and Basses
Please see the violin pages for a new arrival, a beautiful English violin by William Luff labelled and dated 1978, it has been in the same family ownership since it was purchased from the maker himself, and is now offered for sale. It even has Luff’s original bridge and is in near perfect condition. Please contact us for an appointment should you wish to come and try this beautiful instrument.
Please take a look at our new short video which can be found at the bottom of our home page. Many thanks for Florence and Elias for coming over for the day and spending time with the crew – details about these two amazing musicians can be found here
https://www.duodekacord.com/aboutus
This Viola came in having been dropped and the neck only partially dislodged. Great care had to be taken when easing the neck completely away from the body so as to ensure no further damage. There were two cracks to the ribs and damage to the block to be repaired. The picture shows the neck removed and the joint cleaned prior to glueing.
So the next stage was to make a small cork lined plate to enable the hairline cracks in the block to be glued, and at the same time push the distorted ribs back into position.
Here is the clamp in position
The next stage will be to carefully re-fit the neck into the mortice, glue and clamp securely
Here we are with the neck successfully re-fitted
Ready to go back to the relieved player!
