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

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1end, 1 1/8 in. The nut; or small piece of ebony which projects at the end of the finger-board, is now to be formed and glued into its place, the whole is then finished with file, and cleaned with glass-paper. A small hole is then to be cut through the tail-block for the admission of the button-peg, upon which the tail-piece is fastened, whilst a small strip of ebony is glued into that part of the breast over which the cords of the tail-piece pass. The tail-peg may be fitted in without glueing in the meantime, in order that the sound-post may be properly adjusted afterwards. The holes for the pegs are now to be formed of the proper size with the bit shown in Fig. 21, and the pegs roughly fitted with file and glass-paper to their respective places. The small holes for containing the ends of the strings may be pierced with a small drill. When the foregoing operations have been finished, the surface of the whole instrument is to be thoroughly cleaned with glass-paper and prepared to receive the varnish. A wetted sponge is now to be passed lightly over the whole surface, and, when dry, the roughness is to be cleaned off with glass-paper, and the preceding operations to be repeated until the surface is perfectly smooth and brilliant when wet. The instrument being dry, is now ready for varnishing, details of which may be found in Chapter X. Many makers, previous to this operation, coat the surface with a wash of thin size, which, when dry, is rubbed off with glass-paper, and is then ready to receive a coating of varnish. When the varnishing is completed and the instrument dry, the peg-holes may be cleaned with a rat-tail file and glass-paper, and the

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