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> How Often, If At All, Should A Violin Be Cleaned?
Lisa-Guitar
post Feb 15 2007, 11:38 AM
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Hi,

The title is basically all I'm asking.
You see, I've had my violin for around six months now, and besides cleaning the rosen of the body with a soft cloth and the fingerboad once with a soft cloth before restringing, I haven't really cleaned it properly. Recently, I've noticed the fingerboad looks a little dirty (though I do, when I rembered, wash my hands before playing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ). So, I was wondering, should I clean it? If so, what is best to clean it with? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

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post Feb 15 2007, 03:44 PM
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Actually, washing your hands may the be problem. Do you dry your hands thoroughly before touching your violin? Otherwise, dirty sploches might appear on parts of the violin which you touch with wet hands. Yeah... just clean it with a dry piece of cloth. That does the job for me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Lisa-Guitar   How Often, If At All, Should A Violin Be Cleaned?   Feb 15 2007, 11:38 AM
_rai_   Actually, washing your hands may the be problem. D...   Feb 15 2007, 03:44 PM
jojo   Hi, The title is basically all I'm asking. ...   Feb 15 2007, 10:41 PM
Violinia   You can get both varnish cleaners and string/finge...   Feb 15 2007, 11:55 PM
Goldfinch   No matter how clean your hands are your fingers wi...   Feb 16 2007, 01:31 AM
lottie   I'm playing a new violin just now and my left-...   Feb 16 2007, 06:40 AM
Devil_Fiddler   I'm playing a new violin just now and my left...   Feb 16 2007, 10:46 AM
musical_K   I just wipe away the rosin from the strings and un...   Feb 17 2007, 02:56 PM

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