Scan 84
How to make a violin. And Violin notes by Ole Bull, 1900
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1from G round to A, which must now, by means of chisel, knife and file, be brought to proper shape.
3Then take your measurements from the model; cut away the wood from the point A to the part where the neck joins the body, and give to that part, and to the neck proper, which is to be held by the hand, its proper shape, finishing it off to the greatest nicety with scrapers, files and glass-paper.
5Now fasten the neck down to the bench as before, and carve out with gouges, knives, etc., the curves of the scroll, beginning at the central "button" which, in Fig. 37, is crossed by the line B C and the dotted line aa, bb, the point where these lines meet being the centre of the button. Begin with the smallest gouge, and take a larger tool as the spiral requires it. Finish it with great care with the knife, scrapers and glass paper. Before beginning to carve one side, you will, of course, draw on both sides the lines B C and aa, bb. If this precaution is not taken, you will find it difficult to make the centres of the buttons correspond. Be
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