This violin came into the workshop because the soundpost had fallen over. A fallen post can be set upright again, but generally it’s indicative of a bad fit; a new, well-fitted post is the best course of action. Even with a bad fit, it’s quite unusual for the post to fall whilst the strings are under tension, but this instrument had very slippy pegs as well, so had presumably been routinely dropping tension. I fitted a new post and a new set of pegs, as well as repairing a crack I discovered under the tailpiece.
