Autumn 2024
This is the back of the violin you can see under 'Summer 2024'. It has a big almost full length crack and and some small cracks, some distortions and some funny things going on in the button area. The big crack is now glued, but to get it together properly I had to remove the button graft and an insert of wood that a previous repairer put at the end of the crack. It now has a new insert and a new button. Here are some photographs of the process.
This is how it came in:
First I cleaned and glued the cracks and then I made a new insert. Some wedges are keeping everything in the right shape for the moment:
Then it's time for a new button: