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[–] 1 point 7 months ago

No worries, oh one more tip. When re-stringing your violin or viola, hold it so that the chin rest is pointing away from you, and at around a 45° angle. If, for some reason, like the pegs being tight and unwaxed, you over tighten the A or E strings too much they will snap. Generally along the direction of the fingerboard, and generally toward the top of the string so the string-turned-whip travels, generally, along the direction of the fingerboard and away from your face. Violins and violas kinda hate their existence as far as I can tell.

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