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Violins and other stringed instruments : how to make them ; with numerous engravings and diagrams, 1906
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1MAKING VIOLIN MOULDS.
3and the best of those in use by manufacturers are made of iron. For making an outside mould in wood, beech is best, but it is very slow wood to season, even if stoved, and the mould in its weakest parts is very liable to split. Obtain a true 3-ft. length, 11 in. wide and 1 in. thick, of plain maple. Cut this into two lengths of 18 in.; they will be found not "true." Therefore, place them against each other, the hollows face to face, and clamp them together with three screws along the middle of
5Fig. 51.—Inside Mould.
7the length, with one screw in the middle and the others about 5 in. above and below, so that the screw holes will come away when the centre of the mould is cut out. Place these screwed-up boards in a moderately heated oven daily for a week, and after that no more shrinkage will occur. Then unscrew the boards and most carefully true each face, so as not to have the boards "in winding."
9There are practically four kinds of moulds—Stradi-
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