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Leaning violin bridge
Care & Maintenance

How to Adjust a Leaning Bridge

Bridges will start to tilt and lean over over time. By keeping an eye on it and adjusting it periodically, you can prevent your bridge from getting warped and needing to be replaced.
Luthier measuring the string grooves on a violin bridge
Care & Maintenance

About the Bridge: Selection, Set up, Care & Maintenance

We will explain everything that goes into setting up the bridge, basic care and maintenance, and a whole lot more.
How to Rosin a Bow
Beginner Tutorials

How to Rosin a Bow

If your bow is slipping, or you're just not generating the same amount of sound, you probably need some more rosin. If the bow is brand new, or just rehaired, you'll have to spend quite a bit of ti...
Fiddlershop explains how humidity affects your string instrument
Care & Maintenance

Humidity Control and Your String Instrument

Humidity is something all string players need to keep their eye on. There are three general ways to keep monitor the humidity and keep your instrument safe and sounding great.
instructions on how to stop a slipping violin peg
Beginner Tutorials

How to Stop a Slipping Peg

Is your peg slipping or not staying in tune? Most times you just have to push the peg into the pegbox while turning. But also re-winding the string so that the string is pinched against the pegbox ...
instructional photo of how to properly measure your child for violin
Buying Guides

String Instrument Sizing Video Tutorial

This sizing video is intended to give you a good idea of what instrument size you or your student should look for. Please consider that this guide is based on our best estimates, but we always reco...