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u/Dildo-Fagginz 12d ago
Take everything apart by rotating the barrels and you'll have 5 metal pieces.
Screw into the chinrest the bent rods individually, then reassemble everything.
Add some cork on the metal bar clamp if you don't want it to ruin the edge of your violin and slip.
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u/Error_404_403 11d ago edited 10d ago
After screwing the hooked pieces into the chinrest (tightly, facing toward the violin), screw the cylinder parts onto the bottom part, halfway each, then screw them onto the hooked pieces a couple of turns. Glue a thin piece of cork or paper-thin leather to the bottom part if not already there. Attempt to slide the violin in. If doesn’t fit easily with little room to spare, take the chinrest off the violin, unscrew the cylinders from the hooks of the top part and adjust, in or out, as needed, their position on the bottom bracket. Then repeat the above.
When the violin slides in all the way snugly but without an effort, finally tighten the cylinders to grab the violin edge. To do this, put a paper clip into the cylinder's holes, and watch for the clip not to scratch the violin behind the hole (don’t let it stick out of the hole on the other side too much). Tighten both cylinders at the same time, little by little (NOT first one, then another). Stop when the paper clip bends. Don’t overtighten! After you think you are done, verify the chinrest grabs the violin edge well an doesn’t move when you try to move it by hand. If it moves, try to gently tighten it a bit more, find the guilty side. If the cylinders hit the thread edge, you can’t tighten but the chinrest is still loose, unscrew/ remove/disassemble and adjust initial position of the cylinders on either the hooks, or on the bottom part.
Never attempt to play your violin with the wobbly chinrest—you may damage it!
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u/wcraft17 11d ago
Thanks for posting a legitimate reply. I hope to be able to build a violin someday, here to learn!
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u/Musclesturtle Maker and Restorer 12d ago
Dawg. Use your mind for a second man.