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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871
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1position upon the surface of the breast, and the shape traced upon the breast with a fine-pointed pencil. A thin narrow and pointed penknife may be used for cutting out the f holes, which must be cut by small portions, and the knife kept very sharp. When cut, the circular parts may be rounded with a fine rat-tail file, after which the f holes must be finished with fine glass paper. The model is now reversed to the other side, and the other f hole cut in like manner to the preceding. The bass-bar may now be made and carefully fitted to the interior surface of the breast. For this no particular scale of dimensions can, as a rule, be adopted, as much depends on the height of arching and quality of wood used in the construction of the breast, whether close or open in the grain, and the height of bridge to be chosen afterwards. For mean sizes, the following may be advantageously chosen; length, 10 inches; depth at centre, 1/2 inch, gradually tapering to about 1 1/2 inch at the ends, and thickness about 1/2 of an inch. For forming the above, the piece of pine may be about 11 inches long, having a line crossing the centre dividing the length into two equal parts, whilst the depth or breadth may be about 1 1/2 inches; then, by placing the piece upon a line traced upon the proper part of the interior surface, where the bar is to be glued, a line may be scribed with a compass upon the bar, and the spare wood cut away with a knife, &c., until the bar accurately fits to the intended part of the surface. A common but very erroneous idea prevails amongst many violin makers regarding what ought to be the proper depth of the
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