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How to make a violin. And Violin notes by Ole Bull, 1900
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1timated; but the proportions of the bar differ in different violins.
3Take care that the bar is at right angles to the surface of the belly and that the curved edge fits the belly with the greatest possible exactitude. Glue that edge and fix the bar parallel to the joint, so that the outer edge of the bar is \( \frac{1}{16} \) inch from the inner edge of the upper circle of the f hole on the bass side. Clip it with the clips shown in the chapter on tools (Fig. 15), and let it dry, first removing the superfluous glue with a wet camel-hair brush as before.
5Some writers contend that the bass bar would be of greater service if glued diagonally to the grain. The amateur who wishes to do so can easily test this for himself. The following opinion of an American maker (Mr. W. H. Colton) is not without interest. Mr. Colton was a friend of Ole Bull, and the "note" is from the life of the latter, published at Boston in 1883:
7"The oblique position of the bar has not been generally adopted. The bar is ordin-
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