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Re: Material: Lumber supplier
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 2/25/2013, 11:20 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Lumber supplier (Mike Bielski)

I have some cocobolo I was thinking of using, but it's just not a violin thing. It's awfully heavy, and the fulcrum is way back near the chin, so the opposite end of the lever the last place you want that much weight.

Good decision, IMO.
The violin world is ultra-conservative (more even than classical guitar), so your instrument has to look 'normal' to be taken seriously. On top of that, quite a few people have contact allergy to cocobolo, so a bad fingerboard choice anyway. (I've read anecdotes about amateur wind instrument makers and blistered lips from cocobolo recorders....).
BTW, be sure to get good documentation on any 'offshore' wood you use if your instrument is likely to go across an international border. Getting back into the USA can be tricky- Lacey Act on top of CITES.

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Mike Bielski -- 2/15/2013, 12:33 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 2/15/2013, 1:06 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 2/15/2013, 9:34 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2013, 2:05 am
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Mike Bielski -- 2/18/2013, 10:59 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 2/19/2013, 4:54 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/19/2013, 12:08 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 2/22/2013, 10:16 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/22/2013, 3:53 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 2/22/2013, 8:39 pm
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Mike Savage -- 2/23/2013, 1:36 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 2/23/2013, 5:06 pm
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Mike Savage -- 2/24/2013, 2:23 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 2/24/2013, 10:52 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/25/2013, 1:44 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/23/2013, 2:30 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 2/23/2013, 4:54 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 2/27/2013, 10:18 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/20/2013, 2:56 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 2/21/2013, 10:16 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/22/2013, 12:02 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 2/22/2013, 12:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/24/2013, 12:19 am
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Mike Bielski -- 2/24/2013, 11:02 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 2/25/2013, 6:23 am
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Mike Bielski -- 2/25/2013, 9:41 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/25/2013, 11:20 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/15/2013, 1:55 pm
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Donovan -- 2/26/2013, 8:58 pm