Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

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Scan 55

Violin making, 1902

6 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 27. See the scan on archive.org.

1outline, for it is not only ugly in itself, but leads to other imperfections, and should be most strongly condemned in the modern school: it will most certainly be by me, should a school spring from this book, as is already spoken of as most likely.
3The line being right, I next see to the flat edge being strictly of one thickness all round, which I get to my mind by using a cork rubber-tool 67, and about No. 1 sand-paper—maker's number. You can be sure of this correctness by using a sawyer's circular round gauge—and you had best do so.
5Now, gentlemen, this brings me to

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