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Violins and other stringed instruments : how to make them ; with numerous engravings and diagrams, 1906
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1DOUBLE BASS AND VIOLONCELLO.
3other dimensions must be increased in proportion. The easiest way to arrive at this will be to make on the drawing-board each square 4 1/2 in.—that is to say, mark off 46 in. and divide it into forty-two parts with compasses, and line off the board into squares of that size. When the length of the string from bridge to nut
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7Fig. 76.—Diagram Showing Position of Bass-bar, Sound-holes, etc.
9is 42 in. as above, the length of the neck between curves at the back is 15 in.
11The back of the double bass may be made of plane-tree or maple, and may be planed to 1 1/8 in. thick all over. This and all the other wood must be thoroughly seasoned and quite dry. The back is quite flat, excepting for a bend at the shoulder, which is shown in Fig. 75. It is made by cutting in half way from the inside with a tenon
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