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The Violin: How to Master It, 1880
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1soon as they are put on and tuned to concert pitch. The sound-post ought to be made of good pine, cut with the grain, round, and about a quarter of an inch in diameter, and the grain may run either parallel with that of the belly, or exactly across it.
3Glass Sound-Posts.
5Some years ago there was a rage among players for sound-posts of thin glass tubing; but as they gave a hollow, spurious kind of tone, they have fallen into disuse. If they be preferred, they may be ground down to the size with a file, and inserted and manipulated by fastening a string to each end, and bringing the ends of these strings out at the ff holes, cutting them away as soon as the post is in the most satisfactory place. The exact fit of the post may be ascertained by removing the tail-piece peg, and looking into the interior in a strong light.
7Fitting the Pegs.
9The pegs of the violin ought always to be made of good boxwood — ebony is greasy, apt to slip, and liable to crack and split, while box has a good grip, and is very tough and durable. A good set of these can be had for about fifty cents, and that is a trifle for a life comfort. When, through time, the pegs get so far worked into their sockets that the hole for the string gets past the centre of the box in the scroll, a new hole ought to be drilled closer to the head of the peg, and the opposite way of the wood, as the strain of the string then tends to pull the peg out of its socket, endless slipping and annoyance being the result, no matter what kind of pegs is used. The pegs must be pressed in while tuning, and ought never to protrude on the opposite side of the scroll, as that interferes with the working of those on that side.
11Adjusting the Strings on the Pegs.
13It is most important, in putting on the strings, that the ends in the box of the scroll be always twisted and brought up towards the inside. Thus, holding the violin in its proper position, the Fourth and Third strings, after being fixed with a knot in the tail piece slots and passed through the hole in the peg, are twisted twice, and the ends brought up towards
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