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Ueno

ヴァイオリンの出荷検品を担当しています。
Jeff Beck（全作）からDavid Oistrakhのブラームス、Dinu LipattiのショパンJacqueline du Préのドボコンまで、音楽が好きです。
1979年製のTokai LS-80を当時から,Guyatone FLIP600F（全段Tube）を1986年からずっと愛用しています。

Ueno 's posts

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  A Talk About String Instrument Bows - Prologue: Casual Conversations About Bows and the Issues That Can Be Found From Them

  2025-10-01

  Staff Blog > Stringed Instruments

  Starting off with a picture of money. Don’t worry—this isn’t some shady “get rich quick”

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  How to Get the Best Sound Out of a Cheap Violin [Part 6] Final Edition: A Talk on Bridges

  2025-08-25

  Staff Blog > Stringed Instruments

  Let’s skip the introduction and jump right in! Today’s topic is bridges. In the image, fr

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  How to Get the Best Sound Out of a Cheap Violin [Part 5] Sound Posts

  2025-08-05

  Staff Blog > Stringed Instruments

  At last, we’ve come to the topic of the sound post. I say “at last”, but the truth is, I’ve

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  How to Get the Best Sound Out of a Cheap Violin [Part 4] “There Are No Frets on the Fingerboard! Do Violins Even Need Frets? Or Are They Impossible to Install?”

  2025-07-01

  Staff Blog > Stringed Instruments

  This might be a bit off-topic from the main focus of this blog, but I can’t count how many times I’ve he

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  How to Get the Best Sound Out of a Cheap Violin [Part 3] Adjusting the Upper Nut! Is There An Upper Nut AND a Lower Nut!?

  2025-06-03

  Staff Blog > Stringed Instruments

  This blog series has covered, from the first post onward: Peg fitting and string hole placement How strings

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  How to Get the Best Sound Out of a Cheap Violin [Part 2] Strings Are the Key! The Relationship Between How Strings Are Wound on the Pegs and the Upper Nut

  2025-05-08

  Staff Blog > Stringed Instruments

  The instrument that’s being featured in this blog is the PLAYTECH PVN244. A solid wood violin at this pri

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  How to Get the Best Sound Out of a Cheap Violin [Part 1] What Makes for a Good Sound? Who Decides?

  2025-04-09

  Staff Blog > Stringed Instruments

  We are in the age of AI. When I opened up Word to write this blog post, I was kindly prompted by Copilot to draft the t

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  A Talk on Rosin Part 3 - How to Correctly Apply Rosin

  2025-03-06

  Staff Blog > Stringed Instruments

  In the previous blog post, (Preparing Rosin) I discussed how to flatten the surface of pine rosin to make it easier to a

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  A Talk on Rosin Part 2 - How to Prepare Rosin

  2025-02-05

  Staff Blog > Stringed Instruments

  “A Talk on Rosin” is a continuation of my previous article. How do you prepare rosin? How does one go

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  A Talk on Rosin

  2024-12-30

  Staff Blog > Stringed Instruments

  For those who play stringed instruments as a daily hobby, players and teachers. This item is small but indispensable for

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  How to Tune a String Instrument - Full Guide

  2024-12-02

  Staff Blog > Stringed Instruments

  First Order of Business The key to tuning a stringed instrument is to “not be in a hurry, but remain calm and c

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  Replacing Violin Pegs: Installing Wittner Fine-Tune Pegs on My Instrument - Part 2

  2024-11-06

  Staff Blog > Stringed Instruments

  In my last blog I installed Wittner Fine-Tune Pegs with some difficulty. I would like to report on the interest of those

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  Replacing Violin Pegs: Installing Wittner Fine-Tune Pegs on My Instrument

  2024-10-15

  Staff Blog > Stringed Instruments

  Are you struggling with your violin pegs? Do you know what the most common issue with violins is? Among various

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  Does the Sound of a String Instrument Really Depend on the Bow!?

  2024-09-07

  Staff Blog > Stringed Instruments

  The sound of a string instrument is determined by the bow. While I won’t make a bold, definitive statement, mo

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  Inspection of the Cello

  2024-07-29

  Staff Blog > Stringed Instruments

  There are probably quite a few people who want to try playing the cello, but the number significantly decreases when it