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The Repairing & Restoration of Violins, 1903
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1CONTENTS.
3CHAPTER I.—Introductory …………………………………………….. 1
5CHAPTER II.—Slight Accidents—Modern Restorers—"Chattering"—The Proper Sort of Glue—Its Preparation and Use …………………………………………….. 3
7CHAPTER III.—Minor Repairs—Cramps and Joints—Violin Cases—Rattles and Jars—Loose Finger-Boards—Atmospheric Temperature—Old-Fashioned Methods of Repairing—Modern Ways—A Loose Nut …………………………………………….. 13
9CHAPTER IV.—Injuries to the Head or Scroll—Insertion of Fresh Wood—Colouring of White Wood—Separation of Head from Pegbox and Re-joining—Stopping Material for Small Holes or Fractures—The Pegbox Cracked by Pressure …………………………………………….. 28
11CHAPTER V.—Fracture of Peg-box and Shell—Chips from this Part—Filling up of Same—Restoration to Original Form, after Parts have been Lost—Worn Peg-holes, Refilling or Boring Same …………………………………………….. 46
13CHAPTER VI.—Loosening of Junction of Graft with Peg-box, and Refixing Same—Grafting, Different Methods of Performing this—Lengthening the Neck—Old and Modern Method—Renewal of Same—Inclination of Neck and Fingerboard with Regard to the Bridge—Height of Latter, and Reason for It …………………………………………….. 58
15CHAPTER VII.—Finishing the Fingerboard—Fixing the Nut—Size and Position of Grooves for the Strings—Filing Down the Graft—Smoothing, Colouring, and Varnishing Same …………………………………………….. 84
17CHAPTER VIII.—Injuries that can be Repaired from the Outside—Insertion of Fresh Wood in Fracture of the Ribs—The Effects of Climate on the Glue in Violins …………………………………………….. 92
19CHAPTER IX.—The Glue Used by the Early Italian Makers—Insertion of Pieces of Wood for Repairing Lost Parts—Replacing Lost Rib and Repairing Interior without Opening when Possible—Securing Loose Lower Rib to End Block—Different Methods—Treatment of Worm-holes—Fixing on Graft on Neck …………………………………………….. 100
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