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Violin making and repairing, 1927
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1pegs have to be bored, scrolls repaired, bass-bars shaped, home-made tools constructed, or the hundred and one operations of the kind necessary in violin making and repairing.
3Gouges and chisels, inside and outside ground, are very necessary, and the violin doctor can hardly have too many. Violin cramps are extremely useful. A fine tenon saw, a small hand saw (about 6 in. in the blade length), a bow saw, and an ordinary crosscut saw (all of first-class make, bear in mind) will be wanted. Poor saws are anathema, so buy the best obtainable and keep them in first-class condition. They may be re-set and sharpened for a shilling or so at any tool-shop. The value of a saw may be fairly judged by the length of time it will remain effective without re-sharpening, and that saw which has to be taken round to the sharpener every few weeks should be scrapped.
5Fiddle planes, round soled and flat, of several sizes should be obtained; brass or gunmetal ones are best—they work better than steel and do not rust. A smoothing plane and trying plane are useful, but will not be required for simple repairing. A few good steel cramps will be wanted—different sizes, of course—and a fiddlemaker's set of callipers. For bow making and repairing a bow-maker's callipers set, a frog callipers and a bunsen flame had better be obtained.
7The repairer will also require varnish and colours; spirit varnishes and oil varnishes are both useful. Any reputable colour and varnish maker will supply, and the kinds and quality in every case must be the best possible obtainable. Crocus powder, pumice powder,
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