Interesting thanks for posting......I can probably make one of those if I need to

Fiddlerman said
One usually does not need to adjust the post. There are hardly no professional violinists that do so. That is not to say that your violin doesn't need to be adjusted. We adjust almost every instrument that comes in the shop and change the soundpost in a good percentage of them. For some strange reason many of the Chinese makers are sloopy on that step. We sometimes see fantastic violins come through the shop with sound-posts that don't have even remotely the right shape to match the top and bottom. Also, we sometimes see sound-posts with 2 grains and some that are cracked or split, some that are too long and some that are too short. .... You guys would be surprised.

Hmm, interesting. Maybe they just assume that the shops have luthiers or that the customers will want to change it or have a custom fit? I wonder sometimes on some factory Violins if that's why the set-up on some brands is so minimal?

Maybe it's because of the variations in set-up preferance between Violinists/Fiddlers? Some like flat bridges, more arched, some lower, some higher, some like nuts super low and some a bit higher. Even string spacing at the nut can vary.

Interesting...I wonder why?

Fiddlerman said
In the full time professional orchestras that I worked in, they players were spoiled and taken care of by the orchestra. For at least half of my professional career I didn't have to pay for the luthier or strings, and the second half, they increased our salary to take care of luthier/strings/maintenance and repair costs. If my memory serves me right, we were paid $150 a month just for that. The problem was that some players were generous with their strings and students. Also, one doesn't spare expenses when strings are free.

So in essense it's like Symphonies and Orchestras have sponsors who provide them instrument maintenance and kind of like "spsonsorship" of different string vendors etc? 

Only makes sense, I mean, it's the same with professional rock stars and pop music culture and the like....however, that's interesting I wasn't aware of that at all. Even so, as long as and as many years as professional orchestral musicians have had to put into their studies and music to reach the level they have, it seems only fitting to me at least.

So in essence, one could surmise that alot of classical and professional Violinists m ay not "know" how to do their own set ups, or, just don't need to or both?