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How to Make a Violin, and Violin Notes by Ole Bull. Revised edition., 1910
2 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 71. See the scan on archive.org.
1careful, in widening down from B to A, to maintain the gradual increase of thickness which you will find in your model, taking constant measurements as you proceed. Having finished off the sides, work out the two grooves round the edge A B C D. The neck is now finished, except hollowing out the peg-box, and preparing the foot to join the body. This foot will be glued on to the block, and level with it at the top, while the bottom will be glued to the projecting semi-circle on the back of the violin, and must, therefore, be filed until its shape exactly corresponds with it. From this point the foot will gradually increase in size until it attains the width already marked out. Draw down the foot of the neck a line in continuation of that already drawn, which divides it into two parts. The foot of the neck, or in other words, the surface which is glued to the block, will determine the height which the finger-board is to be above the body of the violin, and before you glue the neck finally in its place you must finish your finger-board according to the directions
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