Time
to repair any cracks missing wood trim or veneer.
shimming
cracks in sound board.
Done
Cleaned
and finished the back to also look nice.
Gluing seams that had came apart.
Hand
rubbed finish
Really no more interesting pictures to
take from this point. Just allot of buffing and adjusting.
Below is the finished Violano with Videos and comments
Love the shade
"That has to be the
Best Violano I have ever heard. Bravo Roberts Restorations. If
they all sounded that great, more people would want to own
them."
" The goal of a Violano
Restoration is clear, pure, and round tones from each violin
note. The goal has been reached in this
instrument! Robert in this restoration of a Mills Violino has
achieved the elusive musical zenith sought by every Mills
Violano owner and restorer! From now on he will be the envy of
everyone professional or not who has every attempted to make a
Violano "SING"! Bravo Robert!!!!! "
" I can't stop listening to
this Violano... before, I could take them or leave them,
because even most of the "restored" ones I've heard were a
little off in the voicing, too "scratchy" etc etc. but you got
it just right here! I don't know how you did it! I'm actually
getting into listening to this!"
" I could cry! I
don't know if they give awards to restorers based upon talent,
but, judging from this video, you sir are a VIRTUOSO!
MAN! NONE of the notes are out-of-tune, not even the really high
notes, which can sound god-awful on some Violano's. You must
have spaced and double-checked the fingers just right to get it
to sound this well, not to mention that TONE! "
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