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Violin making and repairing, 1927
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1observed. One, that the holes are drilled perfectly parallel with the axis of the head and neck (that is, that they are at right angles with the scroll in both directions, looking at them from the front of the scroll and also from the top of the scroll), and, two, that the holes for the pegs are tapered from their proper sides—the A and E pegs from the right side of the pegbox, and the D and G pegs from the left side.
3In plugging up the old holes some repairers use a parallel reamer, and plug each hole separately. This is a matter of choice. The parallel reamer takes out more of the pegbox cheek from the narrow end of the peghole; but it is easier to fit the new plug into the hole made by the parallel reamer than by the tapered reamer. In using a tapered reamer, of course the plug must go right through the pegbox—from the larger tapered end to the narrowest part of the tapered hole.
5Scroll Cheek Cracked.—A frequent injury to the scroll, and one not particularly easy to remedy, is a cracked cheek. This may happen to any portion of either cheek, but is generally to be seen between the front edge of the pegbox cheek and the outer circle (or part circle) of the A peghole. Wherever the crack is found, however, the method of repair is the same so far as the pegbox cheeks are concerned. It will be supposed that the damage is in the position stated—in front of the A peghole. If the damage is not repaired there is grave danger of the split extending and a piece breaking away from the cheek altogether, and in this case, especially if the piece is lost, the work of repairing is troublesome and tedious.
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