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How to make a violin : The violin, its construction practically treated, 1892
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1CHAPTER X.
3The Bass Bar.
5THE making and fixing of this important member will finish the interior work of the violin. It is made of pine, fixed parallel to the point and between it and the left f hole. Its purpose is to give depth and power to the third and fourth strings.
7The bar should be 10 1/2 in. to 10 3/4 in. long, one-sixth of an inch thick, one-third of an inch deep at its centre, and tapering off to the thinnest strip at the ends. The edge glued to the belly is of course curved to fit precisely, the other edge is straight. The centre of the bar falls on the line joining the inner notches of the f holes. The grain of the bar must correspond with that of the belly.
9The measurements here given are for the thickness of belly and back above in
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