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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871
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1ITS PRACTICAL CONSTRUCTION.
3attention. If the amateur wishes to form the hand and scroll from any favorite violin, he must make himself a pattern from such. This he can readily accomplish by tracing such model upon a thin veneer of hardwood, or a thin plate of sheet zinc, carefully observing the copying of the curves of the scroll, as well as the angle which the neck makes with the body of the violin. Having selected a piece of maple with the fibres running properly, as mentioned in the early part of this chapter, he must square it up, and upon the grained surface trace the design, leaving the wood longer than actually required hereafter, in order to accomplish the joining of the extremity of the neck to the body of the instrument. He must carefully trace the scroll with, draw-point and compass, having the centres exactly opposite. The peg-box must be neatly mortised out with a small chisel, the spirals of the scroll cut gradually into shape with small gouges, the marks obliterated with a round file, and the whole finished with glass-paper. The proper places for the peg-holes are to be marked out and pierced with a bradawl or small bit, then a tapered bit of the form of Fig. 21 may be used to cut them to the conical form. The young amateur will no doubt find some difficulty in his first attempt at this operation—the making of the hand—but the manipulation will prove easier to him after a few trials. Finished hands are now sold by the musical-instrument dealers at prices ranging from 6d. to 2s., according to quality and finish—thus, if the Fig. 21.
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