POSEIDON Violin for Beginners Owner’s Manual
- June 14, 2024
- POSEIDON
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POSEIDON Violin for Beginners
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Please follow the guide and set up your instrument.
The violin originated in history
The violin originated in history As for the origin of the violin, historians have many different theories, some say it originated in North Africa, some say it originated in India, some say it originated in Westerm Europe and so on. 5,000 years ago, the first violin appeared. From the 16th century to the 18th century, the violin manufacturing industry in Italy developed rapidly with the unprecedented prosperity of music art; After the 18th century, violin makers all over the world copied the shape and size of these Italian violins.
In the last hundred years, the structure of the violin has not changed much. After the 18th century, the leading position of violin manufacturing shifted from italy to France. During this period the shape of the violin was constantly improved to achieve greater volume and better sound quality. Our factory has been founded in over thirty years years, It is a large-scale enterprise specializing in the production of violins, violas, cellos and other musical instrument etc. Our craftsman is well-known in the mainland and won many high-levell awards on handm violin, Please free stay concern us that we go to great lengths to make our customers happy!
Violin’s Construction
- Scroll
- Peg box
- Neck (c Bouts)
- Fingerboard
- Upper Bout
- F- Holes-Waist C-Bouts)
- Bridge
- Fine Tuners
- Tailpiece
- Lower Bout
- Chin rest
- Screw
- Frog
- Bow Stick
- Bow Hair
- Tip
Set the Bridge
A violin bridge is a small piece of wood. The bottom of the bridge is usually a straight line, while the top is arched slightly, When you’re examining your bridge,you’ll notice one side of the arch is slightly higher than the other. The lower side is the E-string side, and the taller side is the G-string side. When you put the bridge in place, make sure the e-string comes over the e-string side, and the g-string comes over the g-string side. If you don’t know which strings are which,when the violin’s head is facing your body, the G-string will be the string farthest to the left. The E-string will be the string farthest to the right.
Place the bridge between the F-holes
- The F-holes are two f-shaped hole: found near the end of the violin’s head.
- When you slide the bridge under the strings, make sure it’s between the two F-holes. The bridge should be placed at roughly the midway point of the f-holes.
Put the violin strings in the knobs of the bridge
- The violin bridge has four small knobs running across the top.
- The four violin strings fit into these knobs, keeping the bridge and the strings in place.Gently feed one violin string at a time into the knobs on the bridge.
Tighten the strings
Now you can retighten your strings to keep the Peg in place. Gently tum each peg on the head of the violin. It’s a good idea to use one hand to hold the bridge in place while tightening the strings. To prevent it from falling over. Tighten the strings until they are secure enough to keep the bridge in place while still having a very slight amount of sack.
- Check to the bridge is in the center of the violin and make sure the bridge f-holes.
- Bridges often fall out of place during first tuning. To prevent this from happening, make sure you hold your bridge in place with ole hand when tuning.
Tune the Strings
- Check the peg that is loose or tight.
- Take the peg and push it back into its proper place on the peg box.
- Rotate the peg in a circle to spread the compound around the edges of the hole, which will make it easier to spin and adjust your tuning peg.
Pluck a note on the “A”string
- Use your fingers to pick at the string, striking a note.
- The tuner dial will move up and down to show you where the note is. Make sure the note says “A”in the corner when you pluck the string. If it doesn’t, you’ll need to make a lot of adjustments.
Turn the pegs to make larger adjustments
- Find the corresponding peg for the string. For the “A” string, it’s the one that’s at the top right if you’ re holding the violin facing you with the pegs a the top.
- Move clockwise to make it higher or counter clockwise to make the note lower. Make small moves, less than a 0.25inches (0.64 cm) at a times to adjust the pitch.
- The strings are typically tuned to G-D-A-E from left to right pushing the peg in securely while turning the peg firmly.
Attach the Shoulder Rest And Rosin your Bow
Attach the Shoulder Rest
Hold the violin between your legs
- Take your violin with both hands and place it between your legs.
- With the back facing you and the scroll pointing to the floor. The body of the violin will be pointing toward the ceiling. Your legs should fit nicely in the rib area of the violin. Squeeze your legs ever so slightly to hold the violin in place.
- Attach the feet of the shoulder rest to the violin. Take the shoulder rest. Place the wider part onto the same side as the chin rest as mentioned above.
- Make sure that the rim of the violin fits nicely into the c shape of the feet on the rest. Slide the feet of this wider side to a 9’o clock position. Slide the other fee onto the outside of the violin stopping at sound the 3’o clock position.
Adjust the correct placement of the shoulder rest
- Adjust it by sliding the feet to an angle that fits your shoulder.
- Make sure it is secure. If your shoulders are narrow, move the feet closer to the end pin.
- If you have wider shoulders place the shoulder rest further away from the end pin, in the middle of the lower body of the violin.
Rosin your Bow
- Grab your rosin block and scratch it to bring rosin powder to the top.
- Scratch the rosin by using the screw of the bow or a nail file on the surface of the rosin.
Tighten your bow and start putting rosin on the bow hair
Tighten the bow until you see the middle part of the bow is slightly curved, like a smite. Otherwise, You will deter mind that the violin bow is over- tightened when the wood has lost its curve in the middle part of the bow and went completely straight.
“play”the rosin back and forth
- Run the bow along the rosin from the tip down to the frog(the part you hold with your hand), and then stroke it back again.
- Grasp the bow gently and press down just hard enough that the bow hairs produce some dust and feel the bow gripping and no longer slipping.
Care and Maintenance of a Violin
Store a violin
As a rule, the safest place to keep a violin is in its violin case. The temperature of the room should be constant and the humidity moderate. During the heating season it may be advisable to use a humidifier to prevent damage to the gluing or, even worse, cracks in the wood.
A violin should be kept in a place free of drafts and away from direct sunlight. Make sure that the violin case is neither “in the way “where it can get knocked over in passing, nor kept on a shelf or in a closet where it can fall down when other items are retrieved. When placing the violin in its violin case, make sure that no sharp or pointed objects can damage the varnish.
Caution: the violin should never be put under pressure or forced into its case!
Clean a violin
Rosin dust can damage the instrument varnish if it is not wiped away after each playing session. And should always be wiped off the strings and fingerboard as well. For this purpose, it is best to use a soft cloth, Avoid using the same cloth to clean the rest of the body, as any rough flakes of rosin that may be sticking to the cloth could scratch the varnish, and a fine layer of rosin dust from the cloth would be distributed all over the instrument, eventually dulling the varnish.
About the peg
Temperature changes will cause the wood of the pegs to contract or expand. If the peg easily to slipping, please plug inside energetically while tuning and rotation. If too tight, Peg lubricant helps stiff pegs turn more smoothly and can be purchased from a violin maker or music shop. Peg chalk solves the opposite problem and prevents slippage. Pegs can be prevented from sliding out when new violin strings are put on: guide the string so that it lies very close to the edge of the peg box as you wind it.
About the bridge
This carved. wooden supp0rt holds the strings at the correct height and distance from each other and transmits the sound energy from the strings to the body of the instrument. Since the bridge is fragile and not glued or fixed to the table in any way. it is necessary to prevent impact to this sensitive area and to ensure the bridge remains straight and be upright. Even with normal use and regular tuning.a bridge will gradually lean forwardor back in the direction of the pegs or fine-tuners. If the bridge is left in this position it will eventually warp under string tension.
A bridge that is slightly warped can be straightened at your violin shop but a severely warped bridge will need replacement. To extend the life of a bridge. regularly inspect its position and straighten it when necessary. To do this. one must grip the bridge firmly with both hands and carefully ease it back into an upright position.
Care the bow
The violin bow on a daily basis is to tighten the bow hair and then run the rosin up and down the hair, Never tighten the bow hair too much and always loosen the bow hair after playing is very imp0rtant to keep the bow in a good playing condition.The bow stick should also be wiped clean with a soft cloth after each use to remove rosin dust.
A soft cloth of microfiber or another material reliably removes the freshly formed dust whist also Polishing the surface of the stick somewhat. Do not pull such hairs out of the tip or frog: instead, just use a sharp knife or very sharp pair of scissors to cut the hair as short as possible and get the broken hair off the bow. The violin bow hairs are secured at either end, and the mounting becomes loose if individual strands of hair are ripped out.
Other Instructions
- While using a brand new strings.as the tensile changes.the sound may be unstable.such as the tone decreases.and sounds decentralized.keep the string tension and playing.that will trend to normal and stable after being adapted for one week.
- Please play more your own violin.that will helpful for the vibration of the violin plate and it will make sounds quality tum better with increase of playing tines.
- The violin sound post could fall during back great fluctuations of humidity,the top and back swell when it is warm and humid and the sound post simply becomes too loose and falls. Please take the instrument to your repair person.
- If there is any other question and difficulty during the using. please contact with Poseidon, and we will pleasure to answer your questions.