Don’t Overlook the Sonic Impact of the Tailpiece Hanger
All Things Strings, June 2010. Though often overlooked, the little piece of cord or wire connecting the tailpiece to the end button of your instrument can have a significant impact on sound and playability. The material of which the tailpiece hanger is made — but more importantly, its position on the instrument — can contributed to a freer and more ringing tone, increase your instrument’s volume, and help the instrument be more responsive to the bow. Read more.
How Tailpiece Can Affect Sound and Playability
All Things Strings, May 2010. “A modern tailpiece is a marvel of engineering,” fittings-maker Eric Meyer says, “and it is very difficult to make both technically effective and aesthetically pleasing.” In other words, there’s more to a tailpiece than meets the eye. Read more.
Wood: Just the Right Piece
The wood I use comes from only a few small areas of the world, has been carefully chosen and cut, and then sorted and culled, sorted and culled, until what I begin to make a violin with is literally a one-in-a-million piece of wood. Read more.
Old Versus New
While an older instrument may feel very smooth to play and be warm and colorful under the ear, that sound may not project to the audience like a new instrument’s sound does. That smooth, mellow, colorful sound the player hears may be heard by the audience as more muddy and unclear. Read more.