Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871

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1makers, some preferring a half-mould, whilst others adopt a whole one. A form of whole-mould is represented in Fig. 15. This mould may be formed
3Fig. 15
4from a piece of clean plane or beech, about 17 or 18 inches long, and 1 1/2 inches thick. The inner part is neatly cut out from pattern, whilst two iron screws pass through the extremities, one at each end, and bind the inner plates together. The sides or ribs, after being dipped in boiling water, and slightly bent to shape upon a hot iron, are placed in mould, after

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