Twenty-eight year Guild member Dave Golber has degrees in mathematics. He taught math, did computer stuff, and now makes and repairs violins, with a special interest in Norwegian Hardanger fiddles.
▪ bio current as of 2013
Tag Archives: Golber¸ David
Letter to the Editor: installing pegheads
2010
AL#102 p.5 read this article
David Golber
▪ Installing Pegheds and Knilling Perfection Planetary pegs per the instructions of Mr. Herin.
Peg Shapers That You Can Adjust
2008
AL#96 p.58
David Golber
▪ The author got tired of hard-to-use commercial peg shapers, so he made a better one of his own. He describes it as a tool for actual human beings. With 6 photos and a drawing.
Letter to the Editor: Skin for Kamanche
2008
AL#93 p.7
David Golber
▪ Go to a slaughterhouse and get membrane from the internal organs. You want pericardium, not peritoneum.
It Worked for Me: Hardanger Fiddle Pegs
2005
AL#83 p.61 BRB7 p.501
David Golber
▪ Restoring old decorated Hardanger fiddle pegs. You need to preserve the old carved button, so this method involves grafting it to a new shaft.
The Right CAD Curve
2002
AL#72 p.50 BRB6 p.420 read this article
David Golber
▪ It’s the difference between a spline and a Bezier curve, but we’re not geeky (read smart) enough to understand it. Bezier curves are good and splines aren’t, but not all CAD software supports their use. Uses 8 plots to make the difference more understandable.
What You Should Know About the Hardanger Fiddle
1993
AL#36 p.26 BRB3 p.410 read this article
David Golber
▪ The chief difference between the Hardanger and a normal violin is its use of sympathetic strings, though other differences abound. Ornate decoration is also usual. Golber offers a good description of a typical Hardanger and how to set it up.With 9 photos and a number of drawings.
Shortening Schaller Shafts
1993
AL#33 p.46 BRB3 p.310 read this article
David Golber
▪ If stock tuners stick up too far from the top of your headstock you can fix them, but it requires a machinist’s lathe.
Letter to the Editor: Shirazi Article AL#4
1986
AL#8 p.5
David Golber
▪ Golber adds information to the Shirazi article about the Persian kamanche (AL#4). Specifically, what kind of skin is traditionally used for the soundboard of the instrument.