← back Cello button with large side nicks and a brand. The back center seam of this instrument has been completely opened and re-glued with poor success in aligning the two sides.
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Untitled – mixed media
← back Theres a story here but so many elements to decipher. The button, extending past the purfling, is a replacement (no center seam). The misaligned purfling would suggest that the repaired neck was then broken out again. There are three repair pins and the...
Rising sun
← back I'm measuring this button in the process of fitting an ebony crown. This is a fix for a button that is too small to allow a full sized neck to be attached, the crown makes up the size. See various examples of crowns in this collection.
New button
← back The button and the neck get shaped at the same time. Here I've been trimming the excess off of the sides, I didn't really have to make the fancy curls but it was fun.
Beret
← back This one is a delight: an off-center button with twin ebony locating pins. The purfling has a rope-twist join and the whole thing is topped off with a partial ebony cap worn at a rakish angle.
A broken button (and how to prevent it)
← back The button is very vulnerable to damage and the most usual cause of breakage is a poorly fitted neck joint. The joint may appear good from the outside but often the hidden surfaces of the joint were cut quickly and dont contact each other properly. Many times...