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An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925
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1of the compass are approached in such wise that there is a distance of no more than a sixth of an inch, or a little over, between them. The same operation is then repeated and, as before, the unnecessary wood is removed; in this way the exact lengthwise arch or curve of the violin is obtained.
3This curve model, as well as the models of the arches running across the breadth of the instrument, also answer for the making of the back as well as the belly.
5The models, Figures 3, 4 and 5, Plate 30, are obtained in the manner already described.
7The arch (Fig. 3, Plate 30) of the instrument, at the point of its greatest breadth, should be taken where the tailpiece is situated.
9The arch for Figure 4, Plate 30, should be taken at the point which is situated between the two notches of the F-holes.
11Finally, the arch, Figure 5, Plate 30, should be taken at the point of greatest breadth (or that part of the instrument) in which the base of the neck is set.
13The model, Figure 6, Plate 30, is that of the F-holes. In order to make an exact tracing of it, it is necessary to take a piece of strong parchment, more than large enough to cover that part of the sound board occupied by the F-holes.
15One should then take a piece of sheeting, or other similar material of any kind, fold it over some eight or ten times, then place it on the worktable or bench. The parchment is now laid upon the cloth, and turning over the belly of the violin, it is laid with its outer side upon the parchment in such wise that the latter entirely closes all the openings of the F-holes of the sound board, while with a pencil sharpened to a fine point, the interior lines of the F-holes are traced with exactness, and, following this, the exterior outline of the sides of the violin, as may be seen in Figure 6, Plate 30.
17This done, the parchment is pasted on a small piece of maple wood which has been planed down to a mean thickness of about a twenty-fourth of an inch, and this is put under pressure, care being taken that the parchment is stretched in a manner which will prevent its forming creases and there is allowed to dry. Then, taking a well-sharpened penknife, the lines of the F-holes are cut out, together with the exterior outlines representing the sides of the violin. Thus the model of Figure 6, Plate 30, is obtained.
19Then the parchment may be loosened and separated from the piece of "model" wood, by using a moistened sponge; the parchment once released from the wood, the latter should be replaced under pressure in order that it may not warp.
21The model of the neck, Figure 7, Plate 30, is the most difficult to obtain. The neck which is to be copied is laid down flatly on a piece of parchment superimposed on a cloth. The exterior lines of the peg box and the scroll are then traced as exactly as possible with a pencil, the pencil moving from point
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