From the category archives:

Accessories

Wolf or Kun?

by Steve Maus

As we have seen in this post most people will need a help to support their violin hold, mostly because their neck is simply too long to keep the violin between shoulder and jaw bone. So you are shopping for a shoulder rest. Almost inevitably you will come across two major brands: the Canadian Kun [...]

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The Shoulder Rest, Part 2

by Steve Maus

People ask me pretty often what is the best way to adjust the shoulder rest. In this article I’ll try to shed light upon this topic. Although there are several manufacturers of shoulder rests the systems resemble each other frequently. I did the photos with the Kun Voce. We attach the rest in a neutral [...]

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Peg Maintenance

by Steve Maus

Alright folks, before we start again tomorrow with the fourth part of our shift series I have a reading tip for you. Probably you know the problem with the tuning pegs. You are trying to tune your instrument but the pegs are stuck. They are so jammed as if somebody treated them with a sledge. [...]

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The Shoulder Rest

by Steve Maus

In my article about the violin hold I mentioned the correct adjustment of the shoulder rest. Today we’ll have a look into the benefits of this accessory. If you look at the photos in the article you can see how the violin hold should look like. More or less. The summary of this post was: [...]

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Mutes

by Steve Maus

The air conditioning was humming, there was some sumo wrestling on TV and occasionally hotel guests passed my door, talking mutely because it was late. I was lying on my bed trying to get some sleep. In a room nearby I heard the snoring of one of our cello players. Lucky guy. I considered practicing [...]

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