The correct violin care

The violin is daily exposed to many influences, that make maintenance of the instrument necessary. Airborne dust settles on the sensitive paint. When practicing or during the concert sweat reaches the chinrest and the fingerboard. Even the dust of rosin is deposited on the finish of the violin and not only adheres to the hair of the bow but also the strings. If the dust of rosin stays there for a long time, it can damage the paint. A subsequent removal is no longer easily possible.

Dust and sweat:

After each practice or concert, the violin should be cleaned with a cloth. For this purpose, a micro fiber cloth or a cotton cloth is suitable. Thus, the dust can be carefully removed from the instrument. Also, the bow can be cleaned regularly with a cloth. The wood of the bow is so constantly exposed to the rosin-dust. Then you can also maintain the paint of the violin with special cleaning and polishing agents. For this purpose, also special towels are offered. One the paint is cleaned and maintained, resulting cracks can be detected early. Through the care and polish the delicate wood and paint of the violin are protected from moisture, acids and abrasion.

Cloths for cleaning, polishing and maintaining the violin:

PACATO Polishing cloth for gentle cleaning and polishing

PACATO microfiber cleaning cloth for cleaning and maintenance of the instrument

Bellacura Polishing cloth for polishing

Bellacura microfiber cleaning cloth for polishing

Bellacura Cleaning cloth is already impregnated with cleaning and polishing agent

Cremonese microfiber cloth to clean the instrument

Cleaning- and polishing agents:

Viol cleaning- and polishing agent

Original Hill cleaning- and polishing agent

Bellacura cleaning- and polishing agent

Luthier Profi cleaning- and polishing agent

Kolstein Set cleaning- and polishing agent

Petz cleaning- and polishing agent

String cleaner:

The strings also want to be cleaned regularly. Then they sound more freely and more beautiful. When cleaning the strings, the cloth should never be heavily compressed, so that no detergent drips onto the paint. Additionally, you can fold an absorbent paper several times and place to protect the paint on the violin.
For gut strings there is a special string oil for care.

String cleaner:

PIRASTRO string cleaner for steel- and synthetic strings

PIRASTRO string oil

Pegs:

In order that the pegs can rotate well, they only need to be cleaned and then rubbed with peg soap. Thus, the violin can be tuned easily and the sound is maintained.
For gut strings there is a special string oil for maintenance.

Peg soap:

PIRASTRO peg soap

Original Hill peg soap

Bötel´s peg soap

The violin should get new strings on a regular basis. It is the only way to get a consistently high level of sound of an instrument. To wind the strings here are some tips:

Before the string is wound it is advisable to clean the pegs and rub them with peg soap.

Each string has to be changed individually.

After changing strings, check if the bridge is still straight. A crooked bridge can not transmit the vibrations of the strings and can crack or fall over.

In the early days, the violin is out of tune again and again. Therefore, the strings must be re-tuned.

In oder to keep the violin away from dust when it is not played, you should store it into a good violin case. Besides, it is also well protected in there.

At Paganino there is not only a wide range of strings for violin, viola, cello and double bass, but also cleaning cloths for violin, cleaning and polishing agents, String Cleaner, String oil and peg soap.