How long does it take an experienced person to restring and tune a a broken violin string?

Answer 1

Less than 5 minutes, certainly.

Remove the string from the peg and the tailpiece. 30 seconds.

Check to make sure that the change in pressure on the violin's belly has not caused the soundpost to fall. 10 seconds. If this has occurred STOP EVERYTHING and head to the violin shop or your teacher.

If there is a fine tuner on the tailpiece, adjust the fine tuner so that there will be sufficient clearance between the fine tuner and the belly of the violin. 30 seconds.

Lubricate the notch in the nut and the notch in the bridge with the graphite from a no. 2 pencil. 20 seconds

Attach the string to the tailpiece. 30 seconds.

Insert the string into the peghole. Turn the peg making sure that the string is properly wound and will not be slipping due to excess string crossings on the peg. Bring the string up to a pitch relatively close to the proper pitch. 1 minute.

Make sure that the bridge is perpendicular to the belly of the violin after tension has been placed on the strings. If it is not so, straighten the bridge. 10 seconds - 90 seconds.

Final tuning of the sting and its neighbors. 30 seconds to a minute.

When you are changing strings it is also a good idea to make sure that the other strings are in good shape. Give the violin a good looking over to see if there is any other maintenance that needs to be done.

It is a good idea to change strings periodically even if they don't break. Better sound.

Also remember that a new string frequently frequently requires a period of settling in, so it will need to be retuned fairly frequently for the first few days.

Answer 2

Not more than a few minutes. Also depends on the violin, if it has problems slipping out of tune with a new string or not, which problem can be solved.

Answer 3

No more than 3 minutes.

Answer 4

no more than a few minutes if the violin is in good shape.

Answer 5

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