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How to Make a Violin, and Violin Notes by Ole Bull. Revised edition., 1910
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1for making money by dishonest means, will feel that by such a fraud he loses what money can never buy, self-respect. The proper way to varnish the violin is to varnish it all over without any previous colouring. This may be done either with plain or coloured varnish. Both are equally genuine; the fraud consists, as I have said, in making the violin look as though coloured varnish had been originally used, but worn away by long use. I shall now proceed to give precise directions for making the two kinds of varnish used for the violin, viz., oil varnish and spirit varnish, as well as the mode of colouring the varnish in various tints when colouring is desired.
3The best, though most troublesome, is
5OIL VARNISH.
7This is vastly better than spirit varnish, as it is more beautiful, more durable and more elastic; moreover, it needs no polishing. Two coats, properly applied, will generally be found sufficient, whereas spirit varnish requires six or seven applications.
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