Lutherie

Making Matters: Keep the wolf from the door

2019-07-17T00:07:00

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Joseph Curtin describes a quick and simple method for violinists to eliminate a wolf tone on their instrument, along with the science behind it

Pluck the afterlength of your violin’s G string and you will hear a note about two octaves above the open D string. If the instrument has a wolf note, it is typically in the octave below that, between C and C sharp. Detuning the afterlength until it matches the frequency of the wolf is a powerful way to get rid of it. 

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