The adjacent photo is a recent repair of an instrument
which required edge and belly repairs and refinishing
- it came to me sans varnish. I used a Sheldon and
Harris ground under a traditional oil varnish for the
new finish.
I highly recommend gut strings by Dan Larsen. His gut
and wound gut strings are my favourite and give that
full gut sound. I also recommend resin by Andrea Bang.
Links to these will be added shortly.