Scan 127
How to Make a Violin, and Violin Notes by Ole Bull. Revised edition., 1910
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1The Remaining Accessories.
3Many of the common-class violins require the strings to be over-tight ere they can be brought to pitch, causing endless ruptures, but a well-made violin never requires this over-straining or tightening in order to bring it to pitch. The fingering also varies on some violins, even although they may be of precisely similar lengths of fingerboard.
5From the preceding cursory remarks the reader will easily discern that the strings form an important item in the correct adjustment of the instrument.
7The pegs must be accurately adjusted, and when properly fitted the holes should fall so as to allow the strings to run from the hole to the nut without crossing each other. A mixture of finely powdered chalk and rosin will be found the best means of making the pegs move freely and stay where they are left without pressure.
9The bridge is ably treated by Ole Bull in his "Violin Notes," and the following passage will afford the necessary information on this point, and also with respect to the sound-post and bow:
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