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<item><title><![CDATA[Improv]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2018 22:58:46 PDT</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Falling Projections]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2016 23:40:18 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ The high temperature and humidity of Southeast Asia can result in the distortion of the belly arch and a diminishing of the distance from the end (widest part) of the fingerboard to the belly. After three months here in Hanoi the projection on one of our violins had fallen below the acceptable limit and had to be repaired. In Japan, I am told, string players keep a spacer between the end of the fi &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/falling-projections.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Relics]]></title>
<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2016 23:56:32 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
&nbsp;
Going through snapshots from the shop that have been waiting for some attention I ran across this one. These are the first bassbar clamps that I made back before I acquired some more sophisticated models from Alberti Design. These work pretty well, have adjustability (just add more rubber bands) and good directional pressure, depending on how you shape the gripping surfaces.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/relics.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Hanoi]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 03:52:55 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ We have landed in Hanoi and spent a week walking, eating and looking. There are apparently only one or two violin makers or restorers in the country, a good place to be a big fish in a little pond.
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<item><title><![CDATA[How to make god laugh]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2015 00:37:47 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Make a plan.
With that in mind...
The shop will close its doors for one year starting in January of 2016 so that Beth and I can travel in Southeast Asia. I am threatening to write two books during that year, one about the past in music and one of violin 'recipes' including some varnish techniques and this reverse carving protocol on which I have come to depend. &nbsp;The studio will reopen in a  &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/how-to-make-god-laugh.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Choosing violin strings]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:52:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Due to a recent facebook thread I felt this link might be useful for those who have questions about choosing violin strings.
&nbsp;Changing Strings
&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/choosing-violin-strings.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Shirts]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:40:28 PDT</pubDate>
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Newly arrived just in time for the warm weather, violinisto tee shirts. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/shirts.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[End of Summer]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:56:29 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ I watched the neighborhood kids walking to school carrying backpacks nearly as big as the kids themselves, and realized that the summer is gone, at least on the calendar. In the last few days before Labor Day sounded the death knell of the season, Beth and I acquired a little haven on Lopez Island and I'm looking forward to building a little shop and a little cabin and eventually living the Island &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/end-of-summer.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[New pictures]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:29:39 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Two new instruments to look at in the gallery section; a Sanctus Seraphin and a Andreae Guarnari viola, 15-3/4&quot; long. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/new-pictures.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Homemade tools]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:40:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ A lot of the tools that I use are built here in the shop to meet some specific need. This is one of the more amusing ones. It actually works, although it could benefit from a more powerful laser so I wouldn't have to use it in nearly total darkness. 

Any guesses? &nbsp;<a href="http://www.dougyule.com/journal/homemade-tools.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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