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<item><title><![CDATA[New tag]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:10:55 PDT</pubDate>
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This is the newest iteration of the violinisto tag. It was made for me by Susanna Prince. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/new-tag.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Home at Last]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:47:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Well, at least close. RedDog arrived in NYC beginning on the 17th and ending on the 18th (Tom was the last). Cremona was&nbsp; very intense; standing in the still, humid air of a small room filled with nine or ten Italian violins from the 16th and 17th centuries (mostly) ignoring the discomfort while trying to see everything for as long as possible. A really charming Guarnarius filius Andreae caug &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/home-at-last.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Italy]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:10:34 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Sitting here in LaRoche sur Foron, France, and about to travel to Ancona, Italy, I realize that Cremona is essentially on the way and we have free time. A no-brainer. Ted, Sharry, Dan and I will stop in and take a look at the Cremonese Strad that my last two or three fiddles were based on. It's kind of like cold calling for a salesman-knock and hope. Great adventure.
Currently there are two new f &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/italy.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[3 in the oven.]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:48:26 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Three new fiddles in the drying cabinet. The one on the right is Alafaire, just begun finishing. In the center is Novinha, a Del&nbsp;Gesu model, and on the left is Ela, a Strad model. Alafaire is bound for Italy in the fall.  &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/3-in-the-oven.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[New digs]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:39:41 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Just prior to RedDog's European expedition, I'll be moving the shop to larger quarters. Tom, guitarist and banjo operator for RedDog, has a new studio and the violin shop will join him there. This will make the shop big enough so I stop losing things (I hope) and&nbsp; so that people can stop by to try out violins or play a tune or swap tall tales. Here are two snapshots of the space.

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<item><title><![CDATA[Work continues]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:33:53 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Plates for Alafaire are nearly finished. Once they are attached to the ribs, the purfling will be inlaid, the edges rounded and then blended into the arching. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/work-continues.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Arching the table]]></title>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 10:31:53 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Alafaire's table. The inside is already hollowed and substantially finished with only a little blending to go. The outside is now matched to the inside making any minor corrections necessary. Out of the original glued up blank, most of the spruce will wind up as shavings on the shop floor.  &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/arching-the-table.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Making the table]]></title>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 10:28:26 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Italian spruce for Alafaire's table glued up and resting.  &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/making-the-table.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Alafaire: Back]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 20:52:58 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ This is the back of the most recent Strad model. Already hollowed and with the arches roughed out, it's ready to be planed down to final shape and graduated.
I used to give the fiddles names just before I closed the body but lately, with the lead time on silver tags, I try to do it right away. This one is called Alafaire, a name first seen in Scotland and England in the 16th century. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/alafaire-back.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Gluing up]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 12:13:21 PDT</pubDate>
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A friend who lives in Italy asked for a violin to be made which will be presented to his friend, a resident of California. This is the table blank of Italian spruce waiting to be glued up. The lights warm the edges prior to applying the hot hide glue. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/gluing-up.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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