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How to make a violin. And Violin notes by Ole Bull, 1900
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1two little tools must be as smooth as possible, so as not to "chafe" the violin.
3A sound-post setter, which is made of steel and shaped as in Fig. 16, where A shows the surface, and B the bend of the tool. It should be 8 or 10 inches long.
5Another form of sound-post setter was used by Spohr. Its shape is given in Fig. 17. The bend B enables the setter to be applied to the head or foot of the post at will.
7The best tools should be procured which it is possible to buy; the art of violin making is not an easy one, and its difficulties are indefinitely multiplied by bad tools.
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