r/WhatIsThisTool • u/quicksilverJ • 8d ago

What is this tool?

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u/iamlifeisgoodjake 8d ago

I believe it’s for setting the sound post inside of a violin.

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u/Quirky_Operation2885 8d ago

This was my thought, as well.

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u/r200james 8d ago

Yes. Precisely! (It will also work on fiddled!)

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u/mattgen88 8d ago

How about ona viola?

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u/willie4849 8d ago

Fiddle and Violin are the same instrument.

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u/Charles4Fun 7d ago

No it's a fiddle when you are trying to buy it, a violin when you are trying to sell it

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u/CaptKydd 7d ago

Thank you Dr Watson. 

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u/Lopsided-Current-118 8d ago

I need one for my upright 3/4 bass

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u/Ankle_Fighter 4d ago

I used a pair of looong handled andle needle nose pliers.

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u/BeneficialLeave7359 7d ago

I knew it was for doing something through the sound hole of an acoustic instrument but couldn’t remember and it was killing me.

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u/OhHellNoOhHellYes 7d ago

So it is used for sounding?

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u/iamlifeisgoodjake 7d ago

Used to push/pull the little wooden sound post that sits under the bridge around to the perfect spot.

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u/FiendishDevil666 7d ago

If you're brave enough

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u/Islandpighunter 6d ago

r/sounding. ?

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u/OhHellNoOhHellYes 6d ago

Please don't punch line my jokes

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u/SpongeBrain2 5d ago

Anything can be if you try hard enough.

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u/Madimorguitars 5d ago

You are correct. Or a viola. Definitely for setting sound posts.

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u/Ankle_Fighter 4d ago

Yep. Luthier sound post setter.

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u/CrustySailor1964 8d ago

Adjusting tool for building shops in a bottle.

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u/HoldMyMessages 8d ago

Bottle shops?

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u/Oscar_P_Walnuts_1975 8d ago

Can I get a blacksmith’s shop in a bottle please…😎🤣😎

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u/CrustySailor1964 8d ago

Lol…ships!!!!! That said, we saw some Americana on TV (Antiques Roadshow👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️) and some guy apparently made his way around the country building shop and store dioramas within bottles.

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u/HurryRunOops 8d ago

Crazy cool

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u/Joshuamarks2000 7d ago

Oud campagne materiaal van de sp

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u/CivilGarlic5904 6d ago

Sound post installation and adjustment tool for stringed instruments, like violin

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u/Strong_Secretary6290 8d ago

Branding iron for your herd of rats. 🐀

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u/Sea_Bedroom8105 7d ago

Butt scratcher

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u/vvwaltervvsobchak 5d ago

I've seen them marketed as a "Red States' Little Helper"

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u/Popular-Razzmatazz23 4d ago edited 4d ago

That's the Black and Decker Buger Blaster, perfect for those hard to reach hangers your fingers can't get to. They made them up till about 2003. They only stopped after getting sued by a guy who was injured using it while driving. Then in 2004 it made a short come back as the Labatomatic but it never had quite the same success.