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Scan 67
The violin, how to make it, 1880
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1<table>
2 <tr>
3 <th rowspan="2">NAMES OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS.</th>
4 <th colspan="2">PIECES USED.</th>
5 </tr>
6 <tr>
7 <th>Generally.</th>
8 <th>Sometimes.</th>
9 </tr>
10 <tr>
11 <td>Belly or Breast</td>
12 <td>2</td>
13 <td>1</td>
14 </tr>
15 <tr>
16 <td>Back</td>
17 <td>2</td>
18 <td>1</td>
19 </tr>
20 <tr>
21 <td>Sides</td>
22 <td>6</td>
23 <td>4</td>
24 </tr>
25 <tr>
26 <td>Neck or Hand</td>
27 <td>1</td>
28 <td>1</td>
29 </tr>
30 <tr>
31 <td>Pegs</td>
32 <td>4</td>
33 <td>4</td>
34 </tr>
35 <tr>
36 <td>Finger-board</td>
37 <td>1</td>
38 <td>1</td>
39 </tr>
40 <tr>
41 <td>Nut</td>
42 <td>1</td>
43 <td>1</td>
44 </tr>
45 <tr>
46 <td>Bridge</td>
47 <td>1</td>
48 <td>1</td>
49 </tr>
50 <tr>
51 <td>Tail-piece</td>
52 <td>1</td>
53 <td>1</td>
54 </tr>
55 <tr>
56 <td>Button for do</td>
57 <td>1</td>
58 <td>1</td>
59 </tr>
60 <tr>
61 <td>String for do</td>
62 <td>1</td>
63 <td>1</td>
64 </tr>
65 <tr>
66 <td>Guard for Tail-piece String</td>
67 <td>1</td>
68 <td>1</td>
69 </tr>
70 <tr>
71 <td>Side-Linings*</td>
72 <td>12</td>
73 <td>8</td>
74 </tr>
75 <tr>
76 <td>End-blocks</td>
77 <td>2</td>
78 <td>2</td>
79 </tr>
80 <tr>
81 <td>Corner-do*</td>
82 <td>4</td>
83 <td>0</td>
84 </tr>
85 <tr>
86 <td>Sound-post</td>
87 <td>1</td>
88 <td>1</td>
89 </tr>
90 <tr>
91 <td>Bass-Bar</td>
92 <td>1</td>
93 <td>1</td>
94 </tr>
95 <tr>
96 <td>Indenting or Purfling*</td>
97 <td>24</td>
98 <td>12</td>
99 </tr>
100 <tr>
101 <td>Strings</td>
102 <td>4</td>
103 <td>4</td>
104 </tr>
105 <tr>
106 <th>Total</th>
107 <th>70</th>
108 <th>46</th>
109 </tr>
110</table>
112* Sometimes omitted.
114Some instruments have a series of rectangular thin pieces of wood glued across the joints of the back and breast, inside the instrument, to keep the joint secure, as well as to give greater rigidity to the plates.
116Violins are made of the following woods:—Breast, bass-bar, sound-post, and side-linings, of Swiss pine, lemon-tree, and ash; back, sides, and neck, of curled plane, or bird's-eye maple; blocks of sallow, or pine; finger-board
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