Simon M. Brown in Sydney, Australia | Musical instrument store

Simon M. Brown

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 421 769 211

Address: North Shore 2000 Sydney, NSW, Australia

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22.05.2022 44 closing clamps

07.05.2022 Time to close up this cello!

28.04.2022 Fitting a sound post patch involves some of the mist exacting work a craftsperson can do; the patch bed is carved out of the original wood almost all the way through to the varnish. Without the plaster cast made previously there would not be enough support for the very thin patch area which thins to half a millimeter at the centre! Then a piece of new wood is fitted into that space. Both surfaces are a complex curve which is refined as much as possible to allow an exact fit.... The final fitting is done by transferring chalk from one surface to the other to show the areas where there is a good fit. These areas are scraped hundredths of a millimeter at a time until there is a good fit over the whole patch. The whole process takes days. This exactness is crucial so that the patch marries with the original wood to ensure acoustic integrity of the back. See more

10.04.2022 Just another day in the life of a violin maker! I was asked to value a chest of viols, made by German maker Ingo Muthesius . There is an interesting video of him on YouTube. The bass, tenor and two treble viols have a wonderful display of carved heads!

22.01.2022 Time to close up this cello!

17.01.2022 44 closing clamps

10.01.2022 Repairing a crack near the sound post usually means making a plaster cast of the area where the crack is; this is a cello circa 1890 with a crack in its back. Cardboard walls retain the plaster and a plywood base provides a level surface.

10.01.2022 Fitting a sound post patch involves some of the mist exacting work a craftsperson can do; the patch bed is carved out of the original wood almost all the way through to the varnish. Without the plaster cast made previously there would not be enough support for the very thin patch area which thins to half a millimeter at the centre! Then a piece of new wood is fitted into that space. Both surfaces are a complex curve which is refined as much as possible to allow an exact fit.... The final fitting is done by transferring chalk from one surface to the other to show the areas where there is a good fit. These areas are scraped hundredths of a millimeter at a time until there is a good fit over the whole patch. The whole process takes days. This exactness is crucial so that the patch marries with the original wood to ensure acoustic integrity of the back. See more

08.01.2022 Just another day in the life of a violin maker! I was asked to value a chest of viols, made by German maker Ingo Muthesius . There is an interesting video of him on YouTube. The bass, tenor and two treble viols have a wonderful display of carved heads!