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Scan 52
Violin making and repairing, 1927
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1being directly under the bridge, or in other words, directly between the nicks of the soundholes. A is the belly lever and B a section through the bar. In shaping this bar, which is done by the aid of the flat fiddle-plane, the tuning of the belly is brought exactly to the note D. Of course, when the soundholes were cut out the plate note was lowered, and the bass-bar must be trimmed until the note D is restored. It will be found in practice that the removal of wood from different parts of the bass-bar will affect the pitch of the tone differently, and this peculiarity must be looked for. Finally, the top edge of the bass-bar must be neatly rounded over, and the whole belly inside and outside finished as smooth as satin with No. 0 glasspaper. Do not suffer any roughness to remain anywhere inside or outside. Rough wood collects dust, and dust attracts damp, which is perhaps the greatest enemy the fiddle could have. Do not forget also in all operations connected with gluing to wash away all superfluous glue with hot water, for glue in its wrong place, for the same reason as that of roughness, is also a great enemy to tone.
3Assembling the Body.—Take out the ribs from the mould, and prepare the edges of the blocks for gluing to the back. As most woodworkers know, end wood will not hold, and to overcome this difficulty, the end wood of the blocks must be coated with thick glue, which is burned with a hot iron and filed with an old rasp until a smooth, hard surface is obtained, taking care when using the iron to avoid burning the ribs themselves.
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