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Violin making and repairing, 1927
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1pieces of wood into the spaces caused in the curls of the volute, and this must always be done. No filing down or cutting away of adjacent portions (forming a new and altered flow of line) must in any circumstances be attempted. When the "eye" is broken away on one side, the other eye of the scroll is taken as a pattern. A piece of sycamore, roughly shaped to the pattern of the "eye" on the scroll, but slightly larger and wider, requires fitting into its place in the scroll. A Cushman bit of a diameter suitable for the work is used to drill a hole into the scroll, of a size exact to the base of the eye, the hole being deep enough to give a good hold to the new eye when inserted. It must be noted that this hole must be exactly opposite to the eye on the opposite side of the scroll, and that when the new eye is glued into place it must exactly balance with the other, no matter from which direction it is examined.
3To obtain this desired result will not be an easy matter. Drilling must be carefully watched and cautiously carried out, the brace being held exactly at right angles to the scroll during the work. When the hole is drilled out, the new plug of wood is firmly glued home and left to dry. Then will come the modelling—the other eye must be matched exactly in size, shape, length and outline. Cut it carefully to pattern with sharp chisels and gouges, finishing with glasspaper. The colouring of the new wood and varnishing to match the rest of the varnish on the fiddle will be the final operation, and will be dealt with under the heading of varnishing.
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