Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

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Violins and other stringed instruments : how to make them ; with numerous engravings and diagrams, 1906

11 lines. Read by computer on 29 August 2026. Printed page 30. See the scan on archive.org.

1CHAPTER II.
3MAKING VIOLIN MOULDS.
5VIOLIN moulds are of two kinds—the inside mould and the outside mould—and it is the former kind which can alone be obtained in England. Fig. 50 shows an outside and Fig. 51 an inside mould. A violin is
7Fig. 50.—Outside Mould.
9built outside an inside mould, or inside an outside mould. It is of the very first importance that a mould should be true and the wood perfectly seasoned.
10 Outside moulds are far easier to make and far cheaper,

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