Scan 43
How to make a violin : The violin, its construction practically treated, 1892
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1top and bottom blocks, and the four pieces marked B are for the corner blocks which fill up on each side of the two circular inlets, for the solid basis on which the back and belly are afterwards glued
3The mould is begun by making a model exactly the shape and size of that for the back and belly, fig. 19. Lay on the bench the piece intended for the mould, and put upon it the model already made, fig. 19; mark the outline with the point of the tracer, and with the saw and knife clean away the wood, and then with the file dress the edges until they correspond exactly with the pattern (the four corners may be left sharp), This piece will then be of this shape, and is called the counter mould.
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