Why on Earth Would You go to a Violin Museum?

I have not one musical instrument playing bone in me body though I can at least carry a tune in a bucket. My voice it is that saves me from the flats and sharps of a life without appreciation for tone and tune. I do on 'tother hand, have a deep seeded love for fine wood work. In my childhood well into my twenties and thirties, I built many a scratch built and plans built wood based model aircraft that needed to fly and therefore needed conformed to a very specific set of specifications and tolerances. I built carefully and meticoulously. So you begin to see I suppose what the draw is for me in going to a violin museum.

It is nothing less than the build processes of the instrument itself. My younger brother Bern is half way through building his violin back in Canada (90% done, 90% to go). He's a cabinet maker by trade and I have always been fascinated by the furniture and other wood pieces he creates, including the meticulous and exacting process that goes into the present carving of his violin. And here on our trip to Mitten Wald recently was inviting us to visit, this museum that heralds the same meticulous and exacting process at a company level. All the history, the tools, the time and the patience involved not to mention the beautiful relics all on display having been created in their fullness already hundreds of years pervious...

Yes the geigenbaumuseum really is a nice step into the past of this region for a few hours of your day when taking rest from the many Alpen hikes I'm sure you will also enjoy when staying in Mitten Wald.
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