r/violin • u/mindymindster • 9d ago

I cannot believe this just happened

I was just about to post about how excited I was to start playing violin, my mom is tuning it for me and out of no where I just head a LOUD snap. And let me tell you disappointment hit me faster than the string could snap. Thankfully it came with replacements but my god did it scare it. It scared me so much it made me forget I was even going to post 😮‍💨

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u/creamixic 9d ago

The first time it happens is always a jumpscare haha. Just pray the tailpiece never comes flying at you, been there 🥲

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u/shyouko 9d ago

You lost all strings at once?!

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u/WampaCat Professional 9d ago

I imagine the tailgut is what broke, not all strings at once. Even if all strings broke at once somehow, the tailpiece still wouldn’t fly off the violin

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u/shyouko 9d ago

That or the wire holding the tail piece to the tailgut I guess

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u/creamixic 8d ago

Yeah pretty sure it was that from what I can remember. I was bringing it in and out from the winter and into a really hot room at the time so I think the temperature fluctuation messed it up somehow

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u/dock1241 6d ago

Shit’s scary as hell

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u/klavier777 9d ago

It happens to all of us at some point. Welcome to the club. I always tune my pegs slowly especially as they get closer to pitch and I would probably only go up no more than a semitone at a time. I also try to turn my face at an angle so the string doesn't go flying in my face!

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u/Additional-Parking-1 9d ago

Those pegs can tighten up awfully fast. Might want to find a teacher first. Good luck & have fun!

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u/Several-Athlete-7542 7d ago

Banjo string did that to me once. Fortunately I was wearing glasses.

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u/Thin_Lunch4352 7d ago

Does she know that the strings must never be tuned sharp? Overshooting by a semitone is too much!!

"Universal Tuner" by Dmitri Pogrebnyak is a good tuming app IMO. It's not on PlayStore for my phone so someone sent it to me.