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The Violin: A concise exposition of the general principles of construction.., 1871
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1pegs are afterwards accurately fitted to their proper places. The tail-piece may now be put on along with the strings, and the bridge being cut to the proper size and form, must be fitted very truly to the surface of the belly of the instrument. The arching of the bridge ought to correspond to that of the surface of the finger-board if properly made. The sound-post is now made, and is formed from a piece of straight and well-grained pine having the fibres running longitudinally. It may be rounded with file and glass-paper, and must be neatly fitted at the extremities, so as to rest closely upon the inner surfaces of the two tables of the violin. To place it in the instrument, a small draw-point may be used, or the sound-post-setter, which is a long metallic plate of a rather peculiar form, shown in Fig. 28.
3The proper place for the sound-post varies according to the qualities of the instruments; but in good violins it may be placed, as a mean, in such a position as to be about a quarter of an inch behind the right foot of the bridge, but when once the proper place is obtained—by repeated trials—it should be marked, so that, in cases of accidents, it may be replaced again in its proper position; but the amateur will find the necessary information regarding this, as well as the bridge, in the other parts of this manual more directly appertaining to the subject.
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