Eddie's Violin - WHAT HAPPENED?!? Just before the TwoSet Violin concert

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  • @BeastOfSoda
    @BeastOfSoda 10 місяців тому +405

    If you can fix it slowly, you can fix it quickly. Great job, Mr. Grawert!

  • @jessicaengle3160
    @jessicaengle3160 Місяць тому +2

    His violin is gorgeous. What a heart-breaker.
    *Heroic* violin repair!

  • @JESUSistheonlyway-t5e
    @JESUSistheonlyway-t5e Місяць тому +2

    Oh how I miss TwoSet... Olaf, you are one of the people they introduced me to. Glad they did =)

  • @auntjess
    @auntjess 4 місяці тому +3

    I'm not a violin player but I watch Olaf so often...haha I"m tempted to go learn violin, just so I have a reason to bring my violin in to see him..hahahahah But thank you for sharing and the time you take to film and educate the internet world about violin making!

  • @droid1008
    @droid1008 10 місяців тому +230

    3 hours to dry hide glue? You're a madman and it's fantastic.

  • @sarabaldeschwieler7763
    @sarabaldeschwieler7763 10 місяців тому +189

    Luckily they were in Brisbane when this happened, on 'home turf' with the legendary Olaf to save the day.

  • @AlexRiversMusic
    @AlexRiversMusic 10 місяців тому +25

    As a violinist when Olaf showed him opening the violin up I had to turn away 😭

  • @lazychickenugget
    @lazychickenugget 10 місяців тому +140

    Queen Sophie being so unbothered on her phone on the floor lol😂

    • @rdspam
      @rdspam 10 місяців тому +4

      Oui, oui!

    • @joyceyang6976
      @joyceyang6976 10 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, I noticed that 🤣

  • @podoke
    @podoke 10 місяців тому +63

    i cant believe eddy watched the surgery😭

  • @neko-chan6145
    @neko-chan6145 10 місяців тому +66

    You were like an on call doctor. Impressive how you were able to fix it for their concert. Thanks for sharing

    • @vongoethe111
      @vongoethe111 10 місяців тому +1

      More like an on call surgeon! 😅

  • @stardustnite20
    @stardustnite20 10 місяців тому +10

    My bow broke in dress rehearsal a couple seasons ago and our local luthier just happened to be playing in the symphony that season. He took it home with him and brought it back the next day to the concert for me. Thank goodness! I have backups, but they're not my best concert bow.

  • @khuoh
    @khuoh 10 місяців тому +10

    Not all heroes wear capes! Bravo Olaf!

  • @lazychickenugget
    @lazychickenugget 10 місяців тому +32

    Ooooh lucky for Brett and Eddy!! At least they had a luthier friend nearby ❤

  • @kristintripp967
    @kristintripp967 10 місяців тому +169

    Out of all the concerts of the whole world tour, it happened five minutes from Olaf!! Haha, does that qualify as a miracle?? :D

    • @Cloxxki
      @Cloxxki 10 місяців тому +7

      It may be a matter of unintentional manifesting. "At least Olaf is right nearby when something goes wrong with the violins". Those kinds of thoughts may seem reassuring, but you might want to correct yourself when it comes to you.

    • @AskOlaftheViolinmaker
      @AskOlaftheViolinmaker  10 місяців тому +5

      I know! Very fortuitous! ❤️

  • @sabrinai
    @sabrinai 10 місяців тому +15

    You basically saved their concert!

  • @christinashelby6083
    @christinashelby6083 10 місяців тому +25

    Golly, and what are the chances this happened in Brisbane, of all places! Not DC, not Helsinki...! Good thing you were there for him:)

    • @wakingtheworld
      @wakingtheworld 10 місяців тому +2

      I just commented the same thing.... And only 10 minutes away too.

  • @QuestionMan
    @QuestionMan 10 місяців тому +36

    Good thing you were close. I guess the old adage is true: "Location, location, location."

  • @WeilunP
    @WeilunP 10 місяців тому +87

    Glad you are there for them Olaf!! Eddy's violin sounds great in Singapore on both days! Thanks for everything!!

    • @wakingtheworld
      @wakingtheworld 10 місяців тому +3

      You went twice!!! I'm so fortunate they're coming back to the UK so will get to see/hear them this time!

  • @auricia201
    @auricia201 10 місяців тому +36

    Here I am eagerly waiting for the next video, to learn what I should do if something happens to my non existing violin 😂
    I don't know why it's so interesting to learn about these things, but it is 😁

  • @wakingtheworld
    @wakingtheworld 10 місяців тому +20

    How fortuitous they were playing in Brisbane (of all places) and not somewhere in America! Glad you saved the day/night, Olaf. Bet Eddy was stressing out with this one!! I missed their first UK concert (London) thanks to having surgery on a fractured wrist on the day but they're coming back to the UK so now have a ticket for Manchester instead! Yay.

  • @deborahbryant3266
    @deborahbryant3266 10 місяців тому +2

    From the twoset community: thank you olaf for coming to the rescue!

  • @marianaitriago6299
    @marianaitriago6299 10 місяців тому +20

    I watched the Two Set video about this first and was wondering "Why not take it to Olaf, the magician?" And voilá. 😅

  • @ZoromeLV
    @ZoromeLV 10 місяців тому +6

    I was at the Brisbane concert ❤ the drama before the concert was *chefs kiss* The night was spectacular and Brett, Eddie and their pianist Sophie gave an amazing performance. Thank you Olaf for your expertise on the night! Nothing beats a happy ending!

  • @kenfromhawaii1138
    @kenfromhawaii1138 10 місяців тому +5

    Well done sir, that was an excellent story of how your skill and services might suddenly be required. Like a surgeon!

  • @YenZenBamboo
    @YenZenBamboo 10 місяців тому +1

    You all have provided an open view into the workings of the musical world. From all the instruments that pass through your hands Olaf , to Two Set and their exposure into other professional instruments of all sorts.
    Collectively you all have made music more open to see and to feel at home with. I think that’s as good as I can describe it. Thankyou to you all…. 🤓 J

  • @davidtyler357
    @davidtyler357 10 місяців тому +18

    Olaf the violin superhero!!! ❤🎉 Love it, well done 😊😊👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @jonrpearce
    @jonrpearce 10 місяців тому

    As a stage manager/technician I've dispatched various string players to the local luthier here in Birmingham (UK) mere hours before a concert or show, usually with bridge or soundpost issues, but also had a loose fingerboard and one with an odd buzz. Only once have they needed a backup instrument.

  • @mikegray-ehnert3238
    @mikegray-ehnert3238 10 місяців тому +14

    Not a string player, played baritone horn and in a marching band half time show at an American football game, my second and third valves froze! Yes, it was that cold with the wind chill! Got the second valve free by go time but the third valve didn't free up till the second number! Luckily there are alternate fingerings for many notes and the others, well the band was short one horn.

  • @TheUncleRuckus
    @TheUncleRuckus 10 місяців тому +16

    Olaf coming in clutch once again! 👍👍

  • @brasschick4214
    @brasschick4214 10 місяців тому +2

    Love when two channels I watch cross-over. Awesome guys!

  • @LittleDreamer1412
    @LittleDreamer1412 10 місяців тому +1

    And I was freaking out when my E-String snapped for the first time last month 😂 Glad you could help Eddy so quickly!

  • @MartinPodholaMlok
    @MartinPodholaMlok 10 місяців тому +6

    You are absolutely amazing luthier! And I really want to hear TwoSet live :)

  • @RED-cy7ig
    @RED-cy7ig 10 місяців тому +10

    You are a violinist Hero.

  • @rgreen93021
    @rgreen93021 10 місяців тому +6

    Having people you can rely on (especially in an emergency like that) is paramount. Kudos to you for being one of those people. Thanks for the vid. Big fan.

  • @MurrayMcDonald
    @MurrayMcDonald 10 місяців тому +27

    I was wondering if there would be an Olaf video on this... I was betting they bought it to you!

  • @thomasdinan9667
    @thomasdinan9667 10 місяців тому +1

    I'm so glad you were there for the boys!

  • @sebastian.wilson
    @sebastian.wilson 10 місяців тому

    I’m so sad I missed this concert

  • @libertangowu-8117
    @libertangowu-8117 10 місяців тому +8

    Thank u Olaf❤❤❤

  • @lucygoosy4123
    @lucygoosy4123 4 місяці тому

    Good thing they where in Brisbane!

  • @WhiteDragon689
    @WhiteDragon689 5 місяців тому

    Eddie must have freaked out! LOL and had the jitters. But those guys had to have had a backup instrument just in case. But Olaf the Violin ER Doctor stepped up and got the patient fixed in a jiffy. The show must go on Yay!

  • @ellisc.foleyjr9778
    @ellisc.foleyjr9778 10 місяців тому +2

    That was my first concern upon viewing this video, that you would not have enough glue up clamping time by the time of the concert. I think the trick was the heat gun assist. saved your butt on that one Olaf.!. that and good glue! and having it warmed up and ready to go when they arrived helped also. I would presume. great video loved it. thanks for sharing. ECF.

  • @lucygoosy4123
    @lucygoosy4123 10 місяців тому

    Congrats to Eddy, my bridge snapped in half today and I cried for thirty minutes 😭

  • @salossi
    @salossi 10 місяців тому

    Last year, I was on tour with the Jimmy Kelly Band (as a video filmer!), when suddenly Jimmys guitar quit working on stage, in the middle the show.
    So he grabbed the guitar of the other guitarplayer of this band, and I instantly took the guitar for an emergency check. Luckily we had a very professional monitor guy, who instantly prepared a DI-box for doing a quick check and localizing the problem (which was a broken endpin-jack). As the build-in pickup was a LR Baggs, that uses (as I knew) a small 3,5mm plug at the pickup, I run to the tour-bus, heated up my battery powered soldering iron and built an adapter cable that plugged straight into the pickup. Then, the monitor guy and I attatched this construction to the instrument temporary, using Gaffa tape - and after not even two songs, the instrument was back on stage, performing perfectly.
    Of course, the next day, before the show, I went to a local music shop, bought the needed spare parts and did a proper repair of this guitar.

  • @yoram_snir
    @yoram_snir 10 місяців тому

    What an amazing story. We went to the Philadelphia show. Great show.

  • @fluffymountainbunny
    @fluffymountainbunny 10 місяців тому +2

    So glad you were able to help them!

  • @clemensgruber6213
    @clemensgruber6213 10 місяців тому +2

    Funny you are talking about an emergency operation in a room with at least 25 excellent violins on the shelf! Haha!!

  • @Ramplcro
    @Ramplcro 10 місяців тому

    Can't imagine the pressure guys were on. And the timing...Not much time for glue to usually dry up either, i guess the heat helped to reduce moisture in the glue so it solidified quicker, but still...
    Well this is why you are professional. Great job 👍

  • @liamnevilleviolist1809
    @liamnevilleviolist1809 10 місяців тому +2

    3:20 "pop!"
    Yes. I think for once we have a genuine reaction to a startling thing. I think there are many violinists who don't know *all that much* about how their instrument works/functions. It's essentially a box *made* to project sound ... and so anything that happens to it physically is "naturally amplified". Sometimes bridges are at such a large angle that they eventually get pushed suddenly to the belly of the violin and then fly off somewhere. It sounds like a cartoon gun-shot when it happens but in most cases the violin is actually perfectly alright. Literally: perfectly alright!
    In the bridge scenario - it's just that one small bit of tonewood hit a musical box made of tonewood and so it created a much louder sound than wanted. Many (younger) violinists think that their violin has snapped or split or broken, but really none of these things has happened and the violin will be perfectly playable in no time (and more than 95% of the time won't need any follow-up repairs). Perhaps just a bit of touch-up varnish if the bridge made a dent in the belly.... but that's just part of a violin ageing anyway. All those Strads, 300 odd years later, of course there will be many many many marks on the belly and perhaps one of those dents is caused by a bridge flying off! We won't quite know.....

  • @KG-le3ss
    @KG-le3ss 10 місяців тому

    Congrats! Great work!

  • @aus_chris
    @aus_chris 10 місяців тому

    It was a great show. I was in an upper side box with a great view, loved it.

  • @caseylwr
    @caseylwr 10 місяців тому

    Good job Olaf you saved the day 👍

  • @dougdumbrill7234
    @dougdumbrill7234 10 місяців тому

    This is very cool and glad to see you’re still helping out “the boys”! I am a bowyer making Native American equipment. I have made my own hide glue from scratch. It is a remarkable and VERY useful substance!👍

  • @amandas.6500
    @amandas.6500 10 місяців тому

    I'm so glad they had you to rely on!

  • @baxter8it
    @baxter8it 10 місяців тому

    I just love you. Mad skills and courage!

  • @carrielin81
    @carrielin81 10 місяців тому

    Great job! You saved the day!

  • @anjinsanx44
    @anjinsanx44 10 місяців тому +1

    Great for your business that u saved the show!for them

  • @bohopper2314
    @bohopper2314 10 місяців тому

    Thank you again for the varies and extremely interesting backgrounds of your work area while you’re explaining everything! And of course, great job helping out twoset!!

  • @morethanonetaco7702
    @morethanonetaco7702 10 місяців тому +2

    Hello Olaf, I have been watching quite a few of your videos and really enjoying them. Do you think a video on varnish would be something you might make in the future? I’d love an overview on the process you do for matching existing varnish on instruments and what your polishing process is. I really liked your recent video on instrument levels/values/repair worthiness as it pertained to my day-to-day as a luthier for a music store. Thanks for all you post/make!

  • @andysPARK
    @andysPARK 10 місяців тому +1

    Good job Olaf!

  • @cantcomplane
    @cantcomplane 10 місяців тому

    Great job Olaf!!!

  • @rdspam
    @rdspam 10 місяців тому

    Bravo!

  • @mandolinic
    @mandolinic 10 місяців тому

    I had a mandolin emergency at my last gig. Apparently I was playing in tune ;-)

  • @millyday
    @millyday 10 місяців тому +1

    Incredible! You're a Legend 🤗

  • @Joe___R
    @Joe___R 9 місяців тому +1

    I would have used a little bit of CA glue to guarantee it would be closed up solid. Then, the next day, if possible, fix it the right way.

    • @AskOlaftheViolinmaker
      @AskOlaftheViolinmaker  9 місяців тому +1

      That would have caused irreversible damage to Eddie's violin...
      Watch my glue video and you'll understand.

  • @agatafurczyk9149
    @agatafurczyk9149 10 місяців тому +1

    Great it worked out! 😄

  • @czgibson3086
    @czgibson3086 10 місяців тому +1

    Always bring at least two instruments to the gig!

  • @astroworfcraig9164
    @astroworfcraig9164 10 місяців тому +1

    Sounds like a great premise for "Olaf, The Video Game."

  • @rossthefiddler5890
    @rossthefiddler5890 10 місяців тому +1

    What a close shave! 😮I was thinking, maybe it could be good to make up some clamps with chinrest hardware so it can stay on, but for something like that it wouldn't be good. Oh the fingerboard coming off would not be a good one either. I've had one player use cellotape to get through 'their gig'.
    I remember (a couple of decades ago) prior to our local orchestral concert when the double bassist was lifting his d'bass out of his little hatchback (why do bassists drive little cars?) & with the body mostly out it slipped & fell a very short distance catching the neck/scroll on the back of the car & sadly the neck broke out (mostly because of the previous dodgy repair). He didn't get to play that concert!
    That was no easy fix, needing a grafted backbutton etc as it wasn't done the first time it happened (just glue & paint to cover up).

  • @janetcolletti4649
    @janetcolletti4649 10 місяців тому +2

    You are so cool!

  • @jennlim2735
    @jennlim2735 10 місяців тому

    Danggg Eddy never fail to amaze me 😅

  • @zoeolsson5683
    @zoeolsson5683 10 місяців тому

    Was a great concert!!!!!!

  • @leonscottkennedyre4
    @leonscottkennedyre4 10 місяців тому

    I had to have the seams near the tail piece reglued on my stainer last month. Took my guy a month, wish it only took a few hours lol.

  • @PeterS-r4o
    @PeterS-r4o 10 місяців тому

    Took the guys some mental toughness and confidence in Olaf to perform well after this.

  • @Jessicaaljp
    @Jessicaaljp 10 місяців тому

    Super Olaf to the rescue!

  • @That.One.Editorz
    @That.One.Editorz 10 місяців тому +1

    3:22 help ☠

  • @agathamayra5045
    @agathamayra5045 10 місяців тому +4

    gods, being a choral singer, i can imagine the stress. performing on stage, there's sooo many things that can go wrong. the worst is when it's concerning the main star of the show - the instrument itself.😂

  • @GamerVinsmoke
    @GamerVinsmoke 10 місяців тому

    WOOWWW YAYAYAYAY i needed a video:)

  • @LL-oc1xw
    @LL-oc1xw 10 місяців тому

    I wonder if you correct the spelling of Eddy's name (you spelled: Eddies) in your title if more people will find your video? Thank you for using your amazing expertise to save the day!

  • @andresilva8444
    @andresilva8444 10 місяців тому

    Suppose there was even less time. Would he have been able to play just with the clamps in place closing the gap or would it interfere with the vibration of the plates? Apart from the obvious weight and balance being off, of course.

  • @davidhudson5452
    @davidhudson5452 10 місяців тому

    Ill fix bring Hammer, glad it worked

  • @Strigulino
    @Strigulino 10 місяців тому

    Every musician needs to Know A Guy. I play the melodeon (a kind of English button accordion) and I had a dreaded buzzing sound meaning some of my valves were loose and My Guy That I Go To fixed that right up. Just… find out from players near you who your local Person In Shed is that fixes that instrument. Never know when you’ll need them.

  • @Cloxxki
    @Cloxxki 10 місяців тому

    Is that still his violin he commissioned in Europe? Those weren't crazy expensive for a title performing artist. Perhaps they should both order spares to the same specifications for reasonable consistency?

  • @ssb73q
    @ssb73q 10 місяців тому +6

    Hi, a good reason on why one should own more than one violin?

    • @nickiemcnichols5397
      @nickiemcnichols5397 10 місяців тому +7

      One is expensive enough as it is. Violins aren’t “take two, they’re small”. Only one person in my band has a backup instrument, and she doesn’t bring it to shows.

    • @annagreets
      @annagreets 10 місяців тому

      @@nickiemcnichols5397
      These two can afford a backup instrument.

    • @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia
      @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia 10 місяців тому +4

      ​@annagreets I don't think it's only about money. It takes months to adjust to a new violin. If you practiced for hundreds of hours on an instrument and have to switch suddenly to another just before a concert, chances are that your performance will be sub-par compared to how you usually play. Even the best soloists who own several violins usually choose a specific one to prepare for a concert.

    • @annagreets
      @annagreets 10 місяців тому

      @@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia
      Yes, but if you didn’t manage to get your violin repaired at once, you’ll end up with a hastily rented or borrowed one you’re not prepared to play at all and your performance will be even more sub-par.

  • @EbertFabianAmayaAyala-qv4sr
    @EbertFabianAmayaAyala-qv4sr 10 місяців тому

    The pins of that violin, what material is it??? Is it a boj???

  • @ghlscitel6714
    @ghlscitel6714 10 місяців тому +1

    Seems the climate is quite humid there.

  • @That.One.Editorz
    @That.One.Editorz 10 місяців тому +1

    Eddy watching his baeee 😭

  • @zainab58
    @zainab58 10 місяців тому +1

    Olaf to the rescue! Cue William Tell theme.

    • @freeculture
      @freeculture 10 місяців тому

      Overture, 4th movement.

  • @RoeShamBoe
    @RoeShamBoe 10 місяців тому +2

    weird, i don't see a cape

  • @Cloxxki
    @Cloxxki 10 місяців тому

    When you just don't have a couple of spare Strads to choose from.
    Maybe next year.

  • @Cloxxki
    @Cloxxki 10 місяців тому

    How do you tip a luthier who already has a ticket to your concert?

  • @LordCarmesimXXVII
    @LordCarmesimXXVII 10 місяців тому

    Imagine living in a place where there's no luthier.

  • @michaelblaney4461
    @michaelblaney4461 8 місяців тому

    Note to self always have more the one instrument 😂
    ( I have 20 ish)

  • @randolphfriend8260
    @randolphfriend8260 10 місяців тому

    💗 🎉

  • @TheHappynot
    @TheHappynot 10 місяців тому

    what violin's are these guys playing now? the video of "cup of coffee" being opened up, that violin wasn't graduated right with a badly made bass bar.

    • @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia
      @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia 10 місяців тому +1

      They both have been playing a Widenhouse for 3 years now. (Except when they got loaned Stradivari, but it was only for a few months in 2022.)

  • @bobadams179
    @bobadams179 10 місяців тому +2

    Was it the Strad?

    • @auricia201
      @auricia201 10 місяців тому +4

      They don't have the Strads any more, I think, they got them for last year's 4M concert

    • @oxoelfoxo
      @oxoelfoxo 10 місяців тому +3

      Kurt Widenhouse

    • @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia
      @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@auricia201 It wasn't last year, it was in 2022. Yep, I know, time flies!

    • @auricia201
      @auricia201 10 місяців тому +1

      @@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia I mean sure 🙈 but it hasn't even been one and a half years, so I'm not that wrong

    • @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia
      @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia 10 місяців тому +2

      @@auricia201 Yeah, they gave them back after the concert in November, a little bit over a year ago, so you were not that far off.
      Don't worry, despite the fact that's it's already February, I think a lot of us still struggle with the idea that we're in 2024... 😄

  • @SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands
    @SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands 10 місяців тому +5

    Ductape ;)

  • @surlyogre1476
    @surlyogre1476 10 місяців тому

    Sign in the mechanic's shop:
    MY FLAT RATE: $50 PER HOUR
    IF YOU WATCH: $75 PER HOUR
    IF YOU "HELP": $100 PER HOUR

  • @annagreets
    @annagreets 10 місяців тому

    These higher end wooden instruments are fragile, capricious and high-maintenance. Luckily, for beginners/amateurs there are carbon fiber and composite violins you can take where violin makers can't be found and crack nuts with them.

  • @hamwhacker
    @hamwhacker 10 місяців тому +1

    Peepo

  • @eagle-eye29
    @eagle-eye29 10 місяців тому

    Ditch the AI voice. It’s like listening to an out of tune violin 🙉

    • @AskOlaftheViolinmaker
      @AskOlaftheViolinmaker  10 місяців тому +1

      Hahaha... I know!
      It's like it has no soul!
      Everyone is doing it at the moment. It was just what TwoSet had posted and I needed it to tell the full story.