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Scan 110
Violin making and repairing, 1927
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1applies to the portions projecting on each side of the outer pegbox surfaces. Fig. 42 shows the plug in position, a, b and c denoting the portions to be cut away. The edges of the plug, which are now flush with the inside and outside edges or surfaces of the pegbox, must be levelled and smoothed down with fine keen-edged chisels, taking care to avoid damaging the varnish on the outside cheeks of the pegbox.
3If the old pegs have been fitted into the head in their correct positions, the exact centre of the plug will be the correct position to start reboring for the new peg. But it sometimes happens that owing to careless workmanship on the part of the original maker the pegholes are placed to one side, either too far to the back or too far to the front of the scroll. If too far to the front, there is danger of breaking away the side of the pegbox or cracking it longitudinally. This especially applies to the A peg, where there is always less room between the peghole and the front edge of the pegbox than in any of the other pegholes. Again, if the pegs are improperly placed, the strings will foul each other in the pegbox itself. This defect is, by the way, very unsightly and should be remedied where possible. In shifting the pegs, however, towards the back of the scroll the depth of the pegbox must always be examined to see whether the string will have clearance round the peg in its new position. Some scrolls are deeply cut in the grooves which run up the back of the scroll, and if the pegs are shifted too far back, it will be impossible to cut away the back of the pegbox inside to give string clearances without going through the back of the scroll.
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