The Pink Wonder
The Pink Wonder- a crummy pink violin found in the free bin by one of our band members. (Did I mention that I play in a band?) Despite its poor construction and thick pink coating, this violin actually sounds half-decent, especially when hooked up to the amp.
The violin Andrew's father gave to me condescends to pose beside it here.
Although it's not exactly mine, I hope to play this beast a lot in the future. It would be especially good for venues that might be dangerous for my finer instruments. But... Aaaagh the pink!! It clearly needed a face-lift.
I started by sanding it, to remove the glossy finish. Then, I added designs with my high-tec design-making tool [sharpie].
Next, I applied several coatings of semi-transparent acrylic.
Finally, the Pink Wonder is painted and ready to be re-strung! (My other fiddle has kindly posed next to it again.)
A detail of the finished Pink Wonder, sans tailpiece and chin-rest. Once I fix the pegs, fit the bridge, and re-string it with Dominants I can see how it sounds.
The violin Andrew's father gave to me condescends to pose beside it here.
Although it's not exactly mine, I hope to play this beast a lot in the future. It would be especially good for venues that might be dangerous for my finer instruments. But... Aaaagh the pink!! It clearly needed a face-lift.
I started by sanding it, to remove the glossy finish. Then, I added designs with my high-tec design-making tool [sharpie].
Next, I applied several coatings of semi-transparent acrylic.
Finally, the Pink Wonder is painted and ready to be re-strung! (My other fiddle has kindly posed next to it again.)
A detail of the finished Pink Wonder, sans tailpiece and chin-rest. Once I fix the pegs, fit the bridge, and re-string it with Dominants I can see how it sounds.
posted by Michele at 1:35 AM
2 Comments:
holy cow - your violin is going to have it's own groupies.
What about the back side - did you do that too?
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