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Month: December 2016
Staining and varnishing
I wanted the kontrabas body to be a fairly dark colour, and initially thought that “Falun red” (the colour of all those little country cabins you see in Sweden) might be good. I couldn’t find any stain in local shops, and didn’t really want to have to order online; after a bit of thinking I realised I could make my own stain using my artists’ oil pigments. I used a mix of yellow ochre and cadmium red which has given a nice reddish brown colour. It was thinned a lot with spirit thinners before applying with a rag.
Reindeer in Morningside
Edinburgh Christmas Market
Keys and tangents – the start
Sankta Lucia at Joseph Pearce’s
At Joseph Pearce’s (Boda Bar chain) in Edinburgh for their Sankta Lucia, with some of our Swedish class. A fun evening and the bar-crawling singers eventually reached Joseph Pearce’s after visiting three of the others 🙂
2016 tree decorated
A thin Diggers session
First test …
Tailpiece
The tailpiece isn’t fastened to the body, just held in place by the tension of the strings and a retaining string or wire. It must be strong enough not to break under tension. I still haven’t decided whether or not to add a reinforcing screw – it’s probably not needed.
Here’s the wood it’s made from:
