An introduction about violin

An introduction about violin

The violin is a bowed string instrument in western instruments. The violin family consists of the violin ( our main products: VG106,VM100,VH50J) , viola (LG106,LM125) and cello(CG103,CM130), along with the double bass (BH600).

In stringed instruments family, violin is the most popular one and has been one of the most important instruments in western music since the 17^th century.Now modern four strings violin developed from the old style three strings violin in the 16th century. Then, it was improved and perfected by theStradivaris, the Amatis and the Guarneris during 1650-1730. Our company also has the copies of these master’s products, for example: VH600E-Veuxtemps 1741, VH800E-Maggini 1630, VH900K-Niclas Amati 1658 etc.

A violin consists of 70 component parts. Its main components are scroll, body, neck, peg, strings, bridge, chinrest etc.

The major parts of the violin and their names are showed as follows:

Top: the top plate, also known as belly, is the board in the front of the violin. It has a curved surface which is always thicker in the middle and gets thinner and thinner as it reaches the edges. Wood used to make a violin can also affect the shape of the top plate, which is usually made from spruce.Back: it is at the back of the violin. The vibration of the back plate comes from the sound post, ribs and the air inside of the violin. Back plate is usually made of maple.Ribs: they are at the sides of the violin. They are 6 strips of maple which make up the structure connecting the front and back of the violin. Ribs are made from the same wood as the back.Scroll: it is the carved head at the end of the neck.

Peg: It is a piece of hard phellem with cone-shaped. Insert it into the cone-shaped hole fixed on the side of the peg-box. Thread the strings through the peg and tighten them so that the violin has the needed tension.

Peg-box: It is placed in the hollow part of the neck so that the four strings can go across it.

Nut: It is a piece of black wood which is placed between the peg-box and the fingerboard. There are four ditches which are used to maintain the position of the strings.

Fingerboard: It is a long piece of black wood with radian. It is affixed to the neck providing the surface where the player can press the strings.

Bridge: It is a piece of maple wood chip with fixed shape. Standing on the panel, it supports the strings with precise height. Its two feet are the parts which touch the panel.

Tailpiece: It is a hard piece of wood and the strings are tied with it. It can keep the string stretched.

End button: It is a cone wooden pillar which was settled on the center of the ribs at the bottom of the violin, usually is made of black wood or mahogany, and with the function of hooking string tail rope of the tailpiece.

“F” holes: It is also called sound hole. There is a f-shaped cut on both sides of the top of the violin.

String adjuster: It is composed of peg, hook body, fastening screws and adjustment screws, and, by wresting the adjustment screws to achieve the destination of fine-tuning the tension of the strings.

Chinrest: It is a fitting settled on the left bottom of the top, fastened through the Chinrest screws. And, it helps the player to grip the violin tightly.