Fiddle Lessons: How to Clean Your Violin

If you’ve enrolled in a couple of our fiddle lessons, chances are you’ve just bought a new violin. Though it might look spotless now, there’s a good chance that it won’t stay that way in the long run. After all, you’re going to spend a lot of your time playing with it. This said, here are a few tips on how to properly store your violin in your home.

There are two things violins hate most: severe humidity and temperature. This is because extremely dry weather could cause your violin’s wood to crack. While too much humidity, on the other hand, could also cause the violin’s varnish to bubble and—eventually—pop. However, what violins hate they equally love as well—strange as it may be. We’re talking about a good mix of humidity and heat. So, to keep your violin at a stable temperature, it’s best that you store it in an air-conditioned room. Now, if you don’t have an AC, then you can simply keep a wet paper towel in a punctured plastic bag inside your violin’s case.

Lastly, you might want to polish your violin from time to time. And, by that we mean polishing it at least once a year.  Not only will it make your violin look like the day you bought it, but it’ll also improve your instrument’s sound as well. Now if you don’t want to, that’s okay, just be sure to keep your violin dust-free by wiping it with a soft cloth.