Eyo Starra

Greetings. I am Eyo Starra, a luthier dedicated to the handcrafting of fine violins. On this page, I share the step-by-step progress of each instrument: from initial shaping and purfling to the meticulous assembly that brings these instruments to life. Thank you for following the journey of traditional craftsmanship. Updates on current projects will be posted regularly. #Luthier #HandcraftedViolins #ViolinMaking

@SpaceX Wish we could get down there too see the launch. This is too cool!

Starship and Super Heavy V3 moved to the pad at Starbase for final testing and preparations for launch

@mag_crow4593 I have been making it, and it always amazes me also! I like to think that the instrument has always been in there, and I am just bringing it out.

I am amazed often about the ability for a person to gather and then form raw materials into something useful and fine. Who would believe that a violin is made of a bit of spruce, a bit of maple and a bit of ebony? The key ingredient is the hand of the Craftsman, their attention to details. Skills.

Here is where we started, here is where we are now. From blocks of wood to a hand crafted precision instrument. We are well underway. Follow my page to see the whole process! #Violin #luthier

@LagunaTools That is awesomely cool! Love it.

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Beginning to cut the neck mortice. These measurements are so important! The neck angle is crucial to playability, and the seat (how well the neck is sitting in the instrument) is vital to the strength of the instrument. This is very time consuming and progress is slow, when finished the unglued neck should seat into the neck, and be able to be put under pressure of strings without glue, though the neck is still glued in during the final process.

Today is my favorite day! New tool day. Just in, a brand new set of Liogier riffler rasps. I can not wait to test these out!

Taking an art day today, helping @mag_crow4593 illustrate his book. Behold the newly penned logo of Battle Food.

Cool arrivals today! 6mm wood stamp set, and my 2 mm bow stamp so that I can stamp EyoStarra on my bows. I can’t wait to try them out.

@mag_crow4593 I found this that was part of their add campaign in 1958. It seems to be readable. You can also find recordings online if you want hear it.

@EyoStarra can you play this on a fiddle?

@Old_But_Gold50s Stunning, and she memorized it as well. Challenging piece, and she must have put in a very long time to accomplish it at this level.

An 18-year-old Japanese classical guitarist, Haruna Miyagawa, performs Niccolò Paganini’s Caprice No. 24, a technically demanding violin piece arranged for guitar, highlighting its sequence of variations and arpeggios in a contemporary concert hall setting.

@mag_crow4593 A varnish box is definitely on the list, and soon! I’d like one large enough to fit 2 violas, and I have a few ideas, but does anyone else have ideas for a varnish drying box?

@EyoStarra need to build you a varnish box. Hmmm. One big enough for 2 violas in size? You work too much for a sing I'm thinking. Or cure one at a time? Querious minds want to know?

@mag_crow4593 @summer_food Roast beef or roast pork, preferably slow cooked!

@summer_food Looks very tasty! @EyoStarra substitute roast beef?

Traditional Slow Cooker Beef and Mushroom Stew Ingredients 2 lbs beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch pieces Salt and pepper, to taste 2 tbsp olive oil 1 large onion, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced 8 oz mushrooms, sliced 3 cups beef broth 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce

On today’s agenda: body clean up, neck shaping and construction of the neck root and heel. Stay tuned for updates! #luthier #violin

Purfling has been fitted and glued front and back. Getting closer!

Absolutely, the reason that instruments are made with hot hide glue is so that they can be taken apart and reassembled for repair. Hide glue is extremely useful, because it dissolves in water and alcohol, and breaks when shocked, it is what prevents your instrument from cracking when dropped (most of the time).

@EyoStarra So... You can take apart violins and reassemble them?

My scroll is shaping up, and the neck is coming out. Next steps, gluing on the fingerboard, and purfling! Gluing on the finger board at this stage helps to measure the neck angle when I start to cut the mortise, and allows me to make proper measurements for the shaping of the neck.

Finger board is tack gluing to the neck, the bending iron is hot, and the purfling is being carefully bent into place. All of the purfling must be perfectly bent and cut before they are glued in.

@mag_crow4593 The fingerboard is tack gluing on now. It will be removed after the neck is installed so that the varnish can be applied.

@EyoStarra Fabulous!! When do you begin making the fingerboard?

@mag_crow4593 It definitely can be if you are not careful! Chisels and gouges should always be used in a direction that is clear of any of your body parts and digits.

@EyoStarra Coming along very well! I would be afraid of very sharp chisels so close to my hands. A recipe for stitches.

Hard at work this morning, coffee in hand, fluting the scroll. It always surprises me how something as small as removing a mm or so of wood can make such a huge difference.