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Violins and other stringed instruments : how to make them ; with numerous engravings and diagrams, 1906
6 lines. Read by computer on 29 August 2026. Printed page 63. See the scan on archive.org.
1and also across the bottom at T (Fig. 72); along this face the centre line should next be squared. Fasten the neck in the vice, and cut off the parts which project over the finger-board, and with files make both the neck and nut even with the finger-board.
3If the instrument has been made true to the lines, there will not be much difficulty in fitting on the neck. Place the neck with its back centre mark on the joint of the "tab" and the centre line of shoulder, coinciding with the joint of the belly. With a sharp knife make cuts slightly narrower than the shoulder in the end of the belly, and remove the neck. Extend the cuts to the edge of the purfling; lay a small straight-edge along the purfling, and cut out the rectangular piece of the belly between the shoulder-marks. Again put the neck in position, and with a very fine point trace the sides of the shoulder on the ribs, and cut through these lines into the block. With a 1/8 in. chisel cut the block down to the belly, proceeding very carefully and frequently trying the neck until the true position is obtained. This must be tested by looking along the sides of the finger-board and between the sound-holes, up the back joint and along the centre line of the head, and along the edges of the back, with which the eye of the scroll should be in line. Now mark the shape of the tab on the back of the shoulder.
5The neck should next, with gouges, rasp, and files, be rounded to a rather oval shape, and then well glass-papered. Then the peg-holes can be bored with a 1/8 in. bit, from outside each cheek, with a wedge or block inside the peg-box to make it solid. Now run the taper bit through the holes as a finish. The holes nearest the finger-board should taper from left to right, the next two from right to left, and so on. Now "size" the shoulder, and glue the neck in its place. In a few hours wash the fiddle over to remove all glue and dirt, and when dry, finish the "tab" and give a final rub with fine glasspaper, and the violin will then be finished in the "white."
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