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An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925
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1by the mold and the corners with its entire surface. The same operation is then carried out for the other lining belonging to the opposite C bout.
3Next in order come the lower or the upper ribs of the instrument, it being quite immaterial which are taken first, though we will begin with the upper ones.
5The face of the corner turned toward the neck should be covered with glue, and the ends of the ribs corresponding should be fastened to them by means of the lining; and, using the clamping iron, the same thing is done on the opposite side. Then, covering the upper blocks with glue, and pressing the two ribs strongly against the mold, their ends are forced upon the blocks, where they must be fastened by means of the linings and using the clamping iron. Finally, the two lower ribs are treated in the same manner, and the mold has been "mounted."
7The ribs or sides, and this applies as well to the blocks and corners, should be on a level with the mold on the one side, and project beyond it on the other.
9An interval of about 8 millimeters (1/3") may be left between the two ends of the ribs which terminate on the upper blocks, but this does not apply to the lower ribs, which must align perfectly. In order to make them do so, after the two ribs in question have been fastened and glued, they must be approached one to the other by pressing on the outline of the mold, and on the block; then, tracing a line at the spot where the one rib is directly opposite the other, the central line of the mold, the operation should be repeated for the other rib. The block of the latter is covered, and bringing together the two ends of the lower ribs, they are pressed like the upper ribs by means of the lining and the clamping iron.
11When the glue has dried, the clamping irons and the linings may be removed, and whatever excess of height the blocks and corners show above the sides should be removed with the saw.
13The height of the sides should be 32 millimeters (1 1/3") at the lower blocks, and 3 centimeters (1 1/5") at the blocks of the neck. One should now make the two sides or ribs in question take on an insensible slope of two millimeters (about 1/12") along the whole body of the instrument. The knife and the scraper will suffice to ensure this.
15Having reached this point, it will be found that the ribs, as well as the blocks and corners, are on a level with one side of the mold; while on the other they rise above it 10 to 11 millimeters (1/3" to 5/12"). It is to this portion which rises above the mold that the linings must now be joined.
17These linings are obtained in the same manner as were the ribs, with the sole difference that they are made of spruce. They are 2 millimeters (1/12") thick, and 7 millimeters (1/3") wide. They are bent in the same manner as the ribs. In order to glue them to the ribs small wooden clips, Figure 12, Plate 32, are used, and by means of a little notch cut into the corners and the
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