Welcome to our forum. A Message To Our New and Prospective Members . Check out our Forum Rules. Lets keep this forum an enjoyable place to visit.
Check out our 2023 Group Christmas Project HERE
Log In
Register
Home
Topic RSS
(0 votes) 
Honorary tenured advisor
Regulars
Offline
I wipe clean my strings after every practice, but during it they get caked and I have to scratch it off because it's like the sound goes weird? do I have bad rosin or it's normal or I put too much?
"It can sing like a bird, it can cry like a human being, it can be very angry, it can be all that humans are" Maxim Vengerov
Offline
You may have a cheap rosin. You may also be applying too much rosin.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
Regulars
Offline
I'm glad you brought this topic up! I was wondering about rosin build up on the strings. I was browsing through the fiddlershop (creating my wish list) and didn't see anything for string cleaning.
Would you normally clean violin strings aside from wiping them down?
I've seen guitar players use denatured alcohol, but they don't have to worry about rosin build up!
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” ~Benjamin Franklin
Honorary tenured advisor
Regulars
Offline
Pierre, it's probably super cheap rosin because I don't see any cloud of dust on my violin after playing, just a wee bit. I checked in your beginner video and I see nothing on the *how to care for your violin*, you know humidity, how to clean it etc. Maybe it would be a nice addition?
EJ, I goggled it and they say once a month IF there is a build up, rubbing alcohol is the trick.
"It can sing like a bird, it can cry like a human being, it can be very angry, it can be all that humans are" Maxim Vengerov
Regular advisor
Regulars
Offline
NoirVelours said
I wipe clean my strings after every practice, but during it they get caked and I have to scratch it off because it's like the sound goes weird? do I have bad rosin or it's normal or I put too much?
I have the same problem. I've never paid any attention to the type of rosin I have, so maybe it's time to get some quality rosin. Think I'll go to Fiddlershop.
Honorary tenured advisor
Regulars
Offline
FM is not selling it on Fiddlershop but yesterday he said he uses Andrea ($43). Osama I think was using Paganini who is a lot cheaper. That raises the question: Is the violin having preferences on rosin also? Like this rosin works well on those strings who sounds better on your violin but not on mine etc.
"It can sing like a bird, it can cry like a human being, it can be very angry, it can be all that humans are" Maxim Vengerov
Honorary tenured advisor
Regulars
Offline
Update: FM is right, cheap rosin, I just read on a french forum that someone was having the exact same problem: sticky strings, accumulation of rosin on them. He switched to a better brand and everything was fine after.
"It can sing like a bird, it can cry like a human being, it can be very angry, it can be all that humans are" Maxim Vengerov
Regulars
Offline
Try a dark rosin. They are generally stickier and a lot les powdery. I beleive FM has some dark rosin.
http://fiddlershop.com/DAddari.....name=rosin
Regular advisor
Regulars
Offline
Thanks, NoirVelours and Kevin. I will definitely use your advice and links. 
Regulars
Offline
Kevin's absolutely right, and I know FM has mentioned the same thing; dark rosin seems to be better at grabbing the strings with a lot less mess. I converted about 2 wks ago with much better results.
Btw, there is another thread somewhere (within the past month) that discusses cleaning your strings and bow hair,,,, very good thread, you should try to find it.
Honorary tenured advisor
Regulars
Offline
I passed all morning (beside my practice for he's a pirate that I just finished) reading reviews on rosin lol. Like I told FM on the chatbox yesterday I want a dark one. I read that rosin can really improve your sound, many beginner who were using the rosin that came with their violin were amazed when they upgraded. I managed to bring my choices down to 3:
- L'Opéra Jade, Gustave Bernadel and Mellos (though I will probably order Mellos)
"It can sing like a bird, it can cry like a human being, it can be very angry, it can be all that humans are" Maxim Vengerov
King
Regulars
Offline
http://laubachusa.com/ The rosin I recently purchased a couple week's ago, seem's to be just fine.
Offline
I actually have a great distributor for the Andrea rosin NV. Just haven't added it cause it is so expensive. I'll add it soon.
Thanks
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
Honorary tenured advisor
Regulars
Offline
Ok I'll check it out!
"It can sing like a bird, it can cry like a human being, it can be very angry, it can be all that humans are" Maxim Vengerov
Regulars
Offline
I use cheap rosin. I wipe strings and violin after every practice. Have no problems. 
Though out of curiosity want to try dark rosin. Was said it's better in our climate =)
Offline
There's at least one benefit to rosin building up on the strings...it shows where your bow has been. I've been surprised to see rosin on the strings over the bottom part of the fingerboard, when I thought that I had been keeping it fairly parallel to the bridge. Evidently not.
When the work's all done and the sun's settin' low,
I pull out my fiddle and I rosin up the bow.
King
Offline
Bowing melts some rosin which is thrown off as very tiny rosin droplets. These then deposit on strings due to electrostatic attraction and form rosin crud. You can even find the crud underneath the strings. You can see the crud with 10X+ magnification OR just scratch the string lightly with a fingernail. Microclothes can not remove the real rosin deposits. It needs a solvent.
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
Regulars
Offline
I'll have to look around for a crud solvent.
1 Guest(s)
Mouse
tonyluo
ELCBK
