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Violin making and repairing, 1927
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1The thickness of a well-seasoned belly should be at least \( \frac{1}{8} \) in. over the whole of the middle portion, extending half-way across the cheeks of top and bottom boats. From thence to the edges there should be a gradual and even taper to \( \frac{3}{32} \) in. at the edge all round. But the thicknessing and tapering should be even all over the plates.
3Thin Places.—Thin places must be veneered with sound, well-chosen pine (or sycamore in the case of the back), cut and shaped carefully to level up the thin place to the surrounding level of the table. This veneer must be cramped firmly down with wooden hand cramps, protected on each side by pieces of soft wood. See that the glue is thin and hot; the less glue left in the joint the better. Remember that the thin place should be levelled up with wood, not with glue. White glue, made thin, is advisable for the work. When the veneer is dry it must be glass-papered, absolutely to the sweep of the belly where it is placed, and finished as smoothly as possible.
5Broken Plates or Ribs.—These, where the violin has received an injury resulting in an actual smash, and a piece is knocked bodily out of either back, belly or ribs, are the most serious of all injuries, and here the artistic skill of the repairer will find full scope for its display. To inlay a piece of new material in the surface of the belly, back or rib in such a manner that it will be next to impossible to detect it, is the severest test of the repairer's ability, and one may say that it almost amounts to a gift in some personalities when their work is examined. Great care must be
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