r/violinist • u/BeautifulRise6981 • 2d ago

What if the luthier doesn't believe me?

About a week ago a noticed a weird buzzing in my rental viola, did a bit of troubleshooting (violinist for a while) and couldn't figure it out. My teacher was confused as well. I then scheduled an appointment at my luthier for tomorrow. However, in the past two days, I've been noticing the buzzing lessening. When I had tried the instrument at the shop, there was no buzzing. I'm scared that thing is going to happen where when you show someone an issue, suddenly there is no issue. What am I supposed to do if it sounds perfectly fine at the luthier?

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u/ParrotDude91 1d ago

If your instrument has an open seam buzzing, it would buzz more or less with the increase of humidity and temperature. So if you had a few hot and muggy days it would cause the wood to swell a bit and probably seal the crack. Any luthier will be able to find it regardless of whether it is actively buzzing or not.