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How to make a violin : The violin, its construction practically treated, 1892
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1before glueing the block; glue the block and clamp up. It is now clear why the eight holes were made in the mould.
3When dry and firm, remove the vices, and trim the blocks to the level of the side pieces. It is hardly necessary to say that this must be done slowly and with exceeding care, lest the side pieces should be disturbed.
5It is usual to have the sides slightly narrower at the neck end. This narrowing must now be done. With the knife and file take off the neck block and side not more than one-tenth of an inch; the height of the sides must then be graduated all round, starting with one and a quarter inch at the lower end and finishing one-tenth of an inch less at the upper end. This operation requires great care.
7The side linings may now be made and put in. They are of pine, three-sixteenths of an inch broad, one-twelfth of an inch thick at the thicker and one-sixteenth of an inch at the thinner edge. They are bent by the same means as the sides, glued in with the
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