David Langsather, Violin Maker, Home Page... Salem, Oregon, USA

Revised 8/2010

... Welcome to my violin-making home page. Please find link buttons below to guide you to areas of interest (do not forget the 'table of contents' guide for access to areas of special interest to you). I currently have over 200 pages of information for you, some of which is available nowhere else. ... I have included information both on violin making and also on ways to improve your current instrument, as well as some of my new violin research findings. {...You may find the 'new 2008 acoustical tuning guide' link below helpful in improving your current violin, viola, or cello.}

..Would you like to get full details of the special construction features that went into this violin? It is the combination of several newly re--discovered old-world construction techniques. If enough interest is expressed, I will make this information available in a small book size format; either online or in book form. ..E-mail me at the link above.

...God's miracle of Dutch Rush (also known as Horse tail or Scouring Rush) and how it can make an improvement in violin tone and performance: {..Listen to Opus #24 sound recording above as I believe the application of Dutch Rush to all the internal and external surfaces of this violin (the actual plants used are pictured at left) has had a major part in the tone production.} ...Click here for more details on how to use Dutch rush and its possible improvements to tone production.