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

Scan 122

How to Make a Violin, and Violin Notes by Ole Bull. Revised edition., 1910

14 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 112. See the scan on archive.org.

1further away from the centre than 8 1/2 lignes at the top and 9 1/2 lignes at the bottom. The slight slope at the present time given to the bar should be in this proportion also.
3THE SOUND-POST.
5The sound-post should be 1/4 inch in diameter, and placed behind the foot of the bridge. Other particulars respecting this important part have been given in previous chapters.
7THE BRIDGE.
9The bridge should have 8 parts between outer edge of the feet; its height should be 6 1/2 parts.
11THE NECK.
13The neck should be 27 parts long from the extremity of the peg-box to the sides of the violin.

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