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Violin making and repairing, 1927
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1of taste. Another method is to cut out a piece with a gouge, or a corner by means of a saw, when the centre of the "faked" piece will show white and green. Good, well-seasoned wood works smoothly and evenly with the tools, and the experienced woodworker will know almost instinctively by this characteristic whether or not his material is sound.
3Fig. 1.—Slab-cut Log.
5Fig. 2.—Quarter-cut Log.
7Violin wood is generally sold in blocks or slabs cut to the size and thickness required, and in the case of the belly, is always cut "on the quarter." Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate the meaning of slab- and quarter-cutting, Fig. 1 representing the slab, and Fig 2 the quarter. In the case of the back, there is little difference in the resultant tone between violins built with slab-cut or quarter-cut backs. Perhaps the quarter-
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