This lovely old 7/8 violin came in for some setup adjustments. The old bridge was too wide for the location of the bass bar, and the soundpost was not in an ideal position either. I fitted a new bridge and post as well as replacing the old tailgut and fitting a new set of strings.
This violin came in because the owner was finding it very frustrating to play and tune due to the very high neck angle (almost 30% more than standard), leading to the need for a very tall bridge. The fingerboard was also twisted towards the bass side.
The fingerboard was also a bit lumpy and was almost ready for a reshoot, so in the end I decided the best course of action was to fit a new fingerboard, which would let me adjust all of the angles safely while there was still an excess of wood. I also fitted a new soundpost, as the old one was very loose and skewed sideways. In the end I managed to reduce the overall neck angle down to within a normal range, and fitted a new bridge to match it (see the before and after shots of the bridge.)
The owner of this electro-acoustic violin wanted some mechanical pegs fitted in order to ease tuning. She was also having some issues getting the E string to sound easily. I realised that the string had cut into the bridge, meaning it was sitting very low and was difficult to catch with the bow during fast passages, so I adjusted the bridge curve a bit and fitted a parchment patch to avoid this happening in the future. (A standard feature on my new bridges.)
This student cello came in for a bit of setup work. I fitted a new soundpost and some decent strings as well as tweaking the bridge to achieve a more comfortable string height and improving the fit of the pegs.