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A treatise on the structure and preservation of the violin and all other bow-instruments; together with an account of the most celebrated makers, and of the genuine characteristics of their instruments;, 1860
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1The sides, between the back and the belly, are first made perfectly straight and smooth, then bent on a hot iron, and afterwards glued, in a frame or mould, to the corner and end blocks; the linings are then stuck to the sides above and below, and, when the whole is dry, the latter with the blocks and linings are made even, removed from the frame, and glued to the back: this being done, the belly is put on, and the purfling let into it and the back.
3Lastly; the neck with the scroll is fastened with glue to the upper end block, and the finger-board, nut, pegs, tail-piece, bridge, sound-post, &c. added to the whole. The other bow-instruments are constructed and put together exactly in the same manner.
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