Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Scan 86

How to make a violin. And Violin notes by Ole Bull, 1900

10 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 72. See the scan on archive.org.

1given later, and, holding it with one hand in the place in which it is intended to be, adjust the foot of the neck so as to give to the finger-board its proper height when glued on. Fig. 38 gives a view of the foot of the
3![Diagram showing a rectangle labeled A, B, C, D, with lines and curves drawn within it.](https://i.imgur.com/3Q5z5QG.png)
5neck (A B C D) the part above the line A B being the part which projects above the level of the block.
7The mortising of the peg-box and the placing and drilling of the peg-holes ought to present no difficulty. The conical shape of the peg-holes is obtained by means of a small tapered gouge.
9In gluing on the neck, regard must be had to two points: The central line of the surface to be attached to the finger-board must make a straight line with the belly-joint, and that surface as well as the end or foot must

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