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Nicole nailed it.

I did quite a lot of violin family repair for the first 15 years of my career. I still work on double basses regularly and occasionally take violin family work if it seems interesting, otherwise, I farm it out.

There is a lot about working on violin family instruments that I enjoy and it can make a great compliment to…

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I was taught that the factory crown isn’t perfect. Even if I don’t need a fret dressing, as said, I was asking in fact if perfectioning the crown is still necessary. But is just a supposition of mine since this scenario has never happened to me.

About the salute, isn’t something I did with intention to offend anyone.

If it’s playing perfectly I see no reason to dress the frets, just a nice polish. I would, however, change your salutation to “ladies and gentlemen”.

Thanks Ian.

I would definitely try bending that with heat before glueing it back on. You could do it with a flat piece of steel or aluminum. Just get it hot and clamp it flat overnight.