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Violins and other stringed instruments : how to make them ; with numerous engravings and diagrams, 1906
16 lines. Read by computer on 29 August 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 76. See the scan on archive.org.
1better leave it at least 1/4 in., as he has now the worst part of the job to face, namely, scribing it to the belly. To make a proper job the belly must be taken off to get a clean joint between the bass-bar and the inside of the belly. Set a pair of compasses to, say, 1/2 in. apart between the legs; run one leg along the belly, the other along the side of the bass-bar; plane parallel with the line cut on the side of the bass-bar, and a clean joint will result. The bass-bar must be planed on the thick or 1/2 in. edge. Fig. 77 is a side elevation of the bass
3Fig. 77.
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8Fig. 78.
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13Figs. 77 and 78.—Bass-bar for Violoncello.
15bar, and Fig. 78 is a plan of the edge which is glued to the belly of the 'cello. After it is fitted as stated above, take a shaving off the two ends so that when gluing the bar down it will be necessary in order to make a close joint to put a handscrew at both ends of the bar to bed the joint; this is called gluing the bass-bar in with a spring, which is considered to be the proper way to fix bass-bars of violins, violas, 'cellos, and bass violins, or double bass. To take the belly off, take a thin-bladed table-knife and insert it between the plate of the belly and the edge of the ribs, and carefully work round the 'cello till the plate is off. The belly is then ready to receive the bass-bar. The foregoing sizes are correct for a 4/4-size 'cello; for a full-size 'cello it would, of course, be necessary slightly to enlarge the bass-bar.
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