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How to make a violin. And Violin notes by Ole Bull, 1900
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1CHAPTER II.
3ON THE SELECTION OF WOOD.
5THE maple and pine are the sounding woods of the violin, and the tone of the instrument depends chiefly upon the quality of wood chosen. It is a pity to waste good work on bad wood, and the following points must be carefully observed in selecting both the maple and pine:
6(The tree should have been cut in December or January. At that time the sap has ceased to flow, and wood cut down then is always richer in sonorous qualities than that cut at any other time.)
8It must have been seasoned for six or seven years before use, more, if possible, but never less. Artificial means have been employed to hasten the effects of seasoning, and make the wood tough, elastic and resonant, but seasoning is the only genuine, be-
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