In case no one has ever told you, you’re a treasure to the human race. Never stop drinking good coffee and saving old instruments. Many Blessings to you good sir!
I love the fact that you preserved the Thumb marks. and coated them to insure that protection. I love the history, and the fact that there is a young girl that will carry the Violin's history onto the next generation what a legacy! fantastic! thanks for sharing !God speed. ECF
What I find very special with you is how deeply you love and respect the life each instrument has had before it came into your hands. You were so very gentle and kind to this beautiful violin, with never any thought of erasing the marks left by years of love and use. It's a joy to know that it will go on to be loved and used again, hopefully for many, many years.
I have no explanation for tearing up every time I hear a stringed instrument played ever so well. I love the sound of a violin. Thankee for the trip through the repair process. Continue doing what you do so very well.
I’m so impressed by your talent!👏 Restoring a violin is no small feat, but you made it look so effortless. The final result is beautiful-keep sharing these amazing transformations! 🎻🧡
After watching this video. I think it is great what you do with these instruments. You give them new life and preserve them for future generations to enjoy.
Beautiful story and beautiful in violin. I am 70 years old and have my great grandfather's fiddle. It has been refurbished several times and still plays great. I've been working with my grandson on playing so he will get it when I'm gone. I think it is a good thing to past things on with as much history as possible. Sorry I called it a fiddle, but that's what it is in the mountains of North Georgia.
1970, I was given the family Viola. I retired recently by Force of Osteoarthritis after 58 years of Free Universities with cash and Grants, my students get ten times what I got and my Ministry through the House of David. I have played for 4 Presidents and a dozen world leaders when the EU was formed and document signed at Thunderbird, missions in Cuba, Romania, Bulgaria all from Phoenix and Idaho. Teaching since junior high, played in Phoenix Symphony at 14. So yeah 👍 🎻
Beautiful story. Hopefully the great great grand daughter does play it. It's disappointing when an instrument is restored only to be put back a cupboard again. I wish I had my grandmother's violin, but one of her sisters gave it away to someone else. I've got my mother's though. 🙂
Hi Olaf, I was enjoying playing my Salvatore Lombardi Violin today. I hope all is well with you. Oh yeah, you and your son really do a super job on fitting pegs, the pegs on both of my Grawert Violins are smooth as butter.
Musical instruments; worthy of restoration, what a noble endeavor. Well done sir, you are a craftsman. Would like to observe how you color match the finishes.
Wonderful video as always Olaf! Was just thinking, is there any way you could make a video or a short on how we can polish our own string instruments at home? Would be awesome to see
I wish you were in the US! We have an oldie that needs some love and to be IDed. It has a tag but we are unsure if the tag is real or not and the people here all offer to buy it cheap which just seems wonky! I so enjoy your videos!
Beautiful story. Every mark reflecting the movements and physical presence of the player. Small hands, perhaps longer or thicker fingernails, did she trim her nails often before playing I wonder, leaving a scratchy sharpness? Maybe larger hands, short fingernails on that French violin.. Each of us leaves our own mark. My great-grandmother had left her glasses after passing away. Many years later, I found them in my father's things after his passing. The crazy thing was, the lenses prescription was the same as mine at that time. I wore them for several years, thinking each day of the connection to an ancestor I had only heard of and never met. Yet still, we shared something through time and inheritance.
The case shown at 1:55 is exactly like the one that belonged to my Dad's violin. I'm in the process of restoration, along with another one that was hand made by my Grand Uncle in Boston in 1915. Dad's was purchased at Sears in Nova Scotia, maybe 1930. It appears to be of French origin. Lots of fun. I played a bit at one time, so I'm hoping to re-learn a few of the old tunes. See how things progress. (haunted basement next Halloween)
I’d love to get my hands on my Great Great Grandfather’s violin. He was concertmaster of the Kaiser’s opera orchestra (and a student of Joseph Joachim, a close collaborator of Brahms). I’m sure it and the other family instruments got sold over the two world wars.
🙂 I have purchased a few instruments lately that are unfinished so I can play around with varnish, I have also found a type of wood that is resonant as a thick piece, I am going to carve a very unique 9 strings instrument tuned to 3 chords in a way that can be more homogeneous with minimal fingering for my own interest inspired by Dominico Galli
Yeah I know what you mean, I just restored a very early Hepplewhite 4-drawer desk, many hours of very fine detail work, a person has to be in their right mind and mood to work such tedious work and there's no rushing it 😮
Surprise !! Nice voice. Just your few strokes at 14:50 a bit thin,directed, almost metallic, but the loud commanding voice surprised me. Well done, Olaf. The second surprise,, you moved the sound post and a bit of mellowness appeared.
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FREE BIRD!!! Play Free Bird...... Seriously you're a craftsman and we love your videos....
I have my great grandfather’s fiddle. I was perplexed by these crescent marks on the back. Then I found a pic of him with a pipe in his mouth. He must have tapped his pipe out on the back.
Question! How often do you decide to move the soundpost and it actually makes it worse and you have to go back? How do you get a sense for when a soundpost might not be placed optimally?
I restore people’s old bicycles to rideable condition using the same method of updating parts that honor the immortal simplicity of the original machine but incorporate genuine improvements.
Thank you for this emotional story, Olaf. i am personally familiar with the story of another violin, told by a dear friend, a Holocaust survivor born in the Netherlands, about his father’s violin. The great great granddaughter, growing to become a wonderful violinist herself, now has the restored violin. There are English subtitles. The survivor lives in Israel now, and tells the story in Hebrew. I hope that whatever people think about Israel now, this is just a story about a violin and the last bonds an instrument can make on the lives of many generations. ruclips.net/video/VBL-qVlu6Zo/видео.htmlsi=6a4WnAUZCI4t5Y6V
I acquired my great grandfather 's violin. He rescued it from a disaster in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is in need of some work, but it might be worth it to refurbish it. Is there some way to contact you with pictures of it?
I don't comment on videos but is that a Stradivarius?? I paused the video at 7:22 looking at the sticker. Thank you for what you do. Preserving history and memories.
when you talk to the camera can you look at the screen instead of the camera . when you do this it looks like your talking to the people who looking at you ... if you know what i mean ta ..
In case no one has ever told you, you’re a treasure to the human race. Never stop drinking good coffee and saving old instruments. Many Blessings to you good sir!
I love the fact that you preserved the Thumb marks. and coated them to insure that protection. I love the history, and the fact that there is a young girl that will carry the Violin's history onto the next generation what a legacy! fantastic! thanks for sharing !God speed. ECF
What I find very special with you is how deeply you love and respect the life each instrument has had before it came into your hands. You were so very gentle and kind to this beautiful violin, with never any thought of erasing the marks left by years of love and use.
It's a joy to know that it will go on to be loved and used again, hopefully for many, many years.
What a great story! The meticulous care in restoring this violin will indeed make it last another 100 years.
Beautiful work sir!
I don't know why the algorithm suggested your channel. But, I'm happy that it did. Thank you for a wonderful video. You have a new subscriber. ❤
I love your care about the history items are nothing without history.
That violin sounds amazing even on my phone.Thanks for your work
What a beautiful mellow sound that fiddle produces! Nicely done Olaf!
It's heartwarming to see how much you love these instruments you're working on.
Thank you for the story. And thank you for the beautiful work. It sounds wonderful.
We need more Olafs in the world ! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful world of violin.
I have no explanation for tearing up every time I hear a stringed instrument played ever so well. I love the sound of a violin. Thankee for the trip through the repair process. Continue doing what you do so very well.
I’m so impressed by your talent!👏 Restoring a violin is no small feat, but you made it look so effortless. The final result is beautiful-keep sharing these amazing transformations! 🎻🧡
After watching this video. I think it is great what you do with these instruments. You give them new life and preserve them for future generations to enjoy.
The history of the violin is fascinating!
So amazing to see you enact repairs and adjustments to that violin. They are almost a being living in harmony with their owner/player.
Olaf,
A wonderful story and it sounds:)
like the instrument will have a new life,
thanks you you!
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Fantastic story and sympathetic restoration, thanks for sharing it.
Beautiful story and beautiful in violin. I am 70 years old and have my great grandfather's fiddle. It has been refurbished several times and still plays great. I've been working with my grandson on playing so he will get it when I'm gone. I think it is a good thing to past things on with as much history as possible. Sorry I called it a fiddle, but that's what it is in the mountains of North Georgia.
Great work, lovely story.
Thank you for telling it to us.
Your videos always make me feel better and more positive!
I could see how you were emotionally involved with the story. Wonderful experience. Thank you.
1970, I was given the family Viola. I retired recently by Force of Osteoarthritis after 58 years of Free Universities with cash and Grants, my students get ten times what I got and my Ministry through the House of David. I have played for 4 Presidents and a dozen world leaders when the EU was formed and document signed at Thunderbird, missions in Cuba, Romania, Bulgaria all from Phoenix and Idaho. Teaching since junior high, played in Phoenix Symphony at 14. So yeah 👍 🎻
Beautiful story. Hopefully the great great grand daughter does play it. It's disappointing when an instrument is restored only to be put back a cupboard again.
I wish I had my grandmother's violin, but one of her sisters gave it away to someone else. I've got my mother's though. 🙂
Hi Olaf, I was enjoying playing my Salvatore Lombardi Violin today.
I hope all is well with you.
Oh yeah, you and your son really do a super job on fitting pegs, the pegs on both of my Grawert Violins are smooth as butter.
Very very awesome video. Great story behind the instrument!
You are an inspiration and inspirational
Wonderful story. Great sounding violin and very nice work.
Musical instruments; worthy of restoration, what a noble endeavor. Well done sir, you are a craftsman. Would like to observe how you color match the finishes.
Nice story. Thanks for this.
Great video as always Olaf 👍👍
Thank you, Olaf.
Amazingly sensibe, respectfull and humaine touch
The old fiddle has a lovely tone.
Wonderful video as always Olaf! Was just thinking, is there any way you could make a video or a short on how we can polish our own string instruments at home? Would be awesome to see
I wish you were in the US! We have an oldie that needs some love and to be IDed. It has a tag but we are unsure if the tag is real or not and the people here all offer to buy it cheap which just seems wonky! I so enjoy your videos!
Beautiful story. Every mark reflecting the movements and physical presence of the player.
Small hands, perhaps longer or thicker fingernails, did she trim her nails often before playing I wonder, leaving a scratchy sharpness?
Maybe larger hands, short fingernails on that French violin.. Each of us leaves our own mark.
My great-grandmother had left her glasses after passing away. Many years later, I found them in my father's things after his passing. The crazy thing was, the lenses prescription was the same as mine at that time. I wore them for several years, thinking each day of the connection to an ancestor I had only heard of and never met. Yet still, we shared something through time and inheritance.
great video as always!
Exciting to bring back interesting things, like violins, to life after a lot of years. Makes you feel like your time was very well spent.
The case shown at 1:55 is exactly like the one that belonged to my Dad's violin. I'm in the process of restoration, along with another one that was hand made by my Grand Uncle in Boston in 1915. Dad's was purchased at Sears in Nova Scotia, maybe 1930. It appears to be of French origin. Lots of fun. I played a bit at one time, so I'm hoping to re-learn a few of the old tunes. See how things progress. (haunted basement next Halloween)
found the video quite entertaining. good job, sir
Sounds glorious.
Very touching.
What a wonderful story! Thank you!
Wow what a good interesting video , good knowledgeable violin man and a lovely sounding violin.
What a great story, I subscribe & looking forwards to ore stories.
4:01 - I haven't seen *just* the back off a violin for quite a while!!
I've been told by Luithers (?) I've met, that Old Wood creates Sound that new wood can not duplicate, Full, Rich and Mellow.
I’d love to get my hands on my Great Great Grandfather’s violin. He was concertmaster of the Kaiser’s opera orchestra (and a student of Joseph Joachim, a close collaborator of Brahms). I’m sure it and the other family instruments got sold over the two world wars.
Lovley story.
🙂 I have purchased a few instruments lately that are unfinished so I can play around with varnish, I have also found a type of wood that is resonant as a thick piece, I am going to carve a very unique 9 strings instrument tuned to 3 chords in a way that can be more homogeneous with minimal fingering for my own interest inspired by Dominico Galli
Lovely story. If old violins could talk! Lev,s Violin by Hellena Attlee is a good read.
Olaf!Sie ist eine sehr gut Geige artz!.Danke vielmals!.
Yeah I know what you mean, I just restored a very early Hepplewhite 4-drawer desk, many hours of very fine detail work, a person has to be in their right mind and mood to work such tedious work and there's no rushing it 😮
A candidate worthy of an AM if ever there was one. 🇦🇺
Surprise !! Nice voice. Just your few strokes at 14:50 a bit thin,directed, almost metallic, but the loud commanding voice surprised me. Well done, Olaf. The second surprise,, you moved the sound post and a bit of mellowness appeared.
FREE BIRD!!! Play Free Bird......
Seriously you're a craftsman and we love your videos....
A lovely result,
It’s a fine instrument made from quality Tonewood .
Great sound, great history….a treasure.
I have my great grandfather’s fiddle. I was perplexed by these crescent marks on the back. Then I found a pic of him with a pipe in his mouth. He must have tapped his pipe out on the back.
The Geige sounds beautiful.
Beautiful coffee cup
Isaac Stern plucked with his thumb, very considerate towards the instrument!
Pretty good!
Question! How often do you decide to move the soundpost and it actually makes it worse and you have to go back? How do you get a sense for when a soundpost might not be placed optimally?
A really beautiful video and story. Thanks you. One question Olaf: why do you use a heat gun?
Is that a spirit varnish that you use for the touchup?
I restore people’s old bicycles to rideable condition using the same method of updating parts that honor the immortal simplicity of the original machine but incorporate genuine improvements.
Thank you for this emotional story, Olaf. i am personally familiar with the story of another violin, told by a dear friend, a Holocaust survivor born in the Netherlands, about his father’s violin. The great great granddaughter, growing to become a wonderful violinist herself, now has the restored violin. There are English subtitles. The survivor lives in Israel now, and tells the story in Hebrew. I hope that whatever people think about Israel now, this is just a story about a violin and the last bonds an instrument can make on the lives of many generations.
ruclips.net/video/VBL-qVlu6Zo/видео.htmlsi=6a4WnAUZCI4t5Y6V
Fine. What kind of strings do you use? They sound a bit sharp to me - and not very warm on the G- string?
I acquired my great grandfather 's violin. He rescued it from a disaster in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is in need of some work, but it might be worth it to refurbish it. Is there some way to contact you with pictures of it?
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
So what is the difference between a fiddle and a violin?
such slender corners! doesn't look very much like a strad.
I wish you didn’t live so many thousands of miles away. I would love to visit your shop and play your violins.
Comment for the algorithm.
I don't comment on videos but is that a Stradivarius?? I paused the video at 7:22 looking at the sticker. Thank you for what you do. Preserving history and memories.
@@JanekIdzik it's a Stradivarius copy...
They made millions in the late 1800s and early 1900s
I' ve got also a "Stradivarius" 😂
:)
🥲 💗 🎉
Junj
when you talk to the camera can you look at the screen instead of the camera . when you do this it looks like your talking to the people who looking at you ... if you know what i mean ta ..
How much would you estimate is the value of this violin after your restoration?
A few thousand dollars, but Invaluable to the family 😊