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Violin making and repairing, 1927
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1factorily be carried out so that the violin will give of its best. This especially applies to stringing, bridge fitting, and soundpost adjustment.
3Fitting New Bridge.—The main thing to be considered is the style and age of the instrument. A lightly constructed violin with the wood of the back and belly thinned out will generally be found to possess a thin, piercing tone, shrill under the ear, with little carrying power. This shrill tone must be modified by the use of a soft bridge of moderate thickness. The height of a bridge has also some effect on tone; but as the height of the bridge is governed by the set of the neck and the inclination of the fingerboard, little can be done in this direction without alteration to the neck, a somewhat difficult matter, and one not to be undertaken without the permission of the owner of the instrument. A low bridge (other things being equal) will modify, soften, and sweeten the tone; a high bridge often sharpens and sometimes strengthens the tone.
5The taper of the bridge, methods of fitting, choice of strings, and position and size of soundpost are all matters which have been described in the series on violin making.
7The repairs proper to the instrument may be divided under two headings, repairs to the head and neck, and repairs to the body, proceeding from the simpler or more easily executed repairs to those of a more difficult or complicated nature.
9Neck and Head.—The neck and head are constructed of sycamore or (less commonly) bird's-eye
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