Ask Olaf the Violinmaker

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The channel for enthusiastic string players... Do you want to get the best out of your violin, viola, cello or double bass? Expert violin maker and restorer Olaf Grawert will show you how your instrument works and how you can get it playing at its best.

18:18

I Smashed a Violin to Test a 300-Year-Old Legend

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 20K views · 1 month ago

22:15

Can You Fix a Violin Dent? Watch the Process

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 41K views · 3 weeks ago

51:19

He got Given an Amazing 190 year old Violin... but It Needed Work... A lot of work...

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 422K views · 1 year ago

9:55

Stradivarius Wood: I travel to Italy to the forest where Stradivarius got his tonewoods.

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 26K views · 3 years ago

53:05

Someone Threw This Violin in the Trash…

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 729K views · 6 months ago

8:49

I have never seen this inside a violin before... Warning - this may shock you

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 77K views · 5 years ago

17:42

A day in the life of Olaf the Violinmaker

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 35K views · 6 years ago

27:50

I Face My Nemesis: Fixing Thick Plates on the 1966 Czech Violin

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 79K views · 2 years ago

5:46

I found a "real" Stradivarius violin!!

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 340K views · 6 years ago

15:42

My Custom Designed Instruments

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 14K views · 2 years ago

18:19

We Built a Violin in 30 Days | The TwoSet Project

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 17K views · 1 month ago

6:18

Eddie's Violin - WHAT HAPPENED?!? Just before the TwoSet Violin concert

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 73K views · 2 years ago

8:31

I Nearly Paid This Fake Violinist in Rome…

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 52K views · 2 months ago

11:13

A $1.3 Million Violin Gets KNOCKED OUT OF A SOLOIST’S HAND 😳

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 28K views · 4 months ago

15:25

Gross!! Fixing a Violin Hand Patch

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 20K views · 4 years ago

11:37

Can You Learn an Instrument When You're Older?

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 13K views · 1 year ago

15:05

She Put Soap on Her Violin Bow!

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 15K views · 6 months ago

16:30

Olaf's response to Twoset Exposing Dark Secrets of the Violin Industry - Secret Teachers Commissions

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 166K views · 5 years ago

13:41

Bad Bridge vs Good Bridge

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 40K views · 2 years ago

15:47

How the violin soundpost works - Olaf Grawert gives you insights from the violin-makers workbench

Ask Olaf the Violinmaker · 143K views · 6 years ago

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