Violin-making, as it was and is : being a historical, theoretical, and practical treatise on the science and art of violin-making, for the use of violin makers and players, amateur and professional . dy it by cutting the angle at I sharper and that at H more obtuse, and making the opposite f similar. But it will be a thousand pities if you mar the symmetry of your belly by such a mishap, so guard against it by always cutting against the grain in the direction H to I, and never I to H. (Fig 153.) The ff holes being cut out, they will serve as a further guide indetermining the thicknesses ; so w
Violin-making, as it was and is : being a historical, theoretical, and practical treatise on the science and art of violin-making, for the use of violin makers and players, amateur and professional . dy it by cutting the angle at I sharper and that at H more obtuse, and making the opposite f similar. But it will be a thousand pities if you mar the symmetry of your belly by such a mishap, so guard against it by always cutting against the grain in the direction H to I, and never I to H. (Fig 153.) The ff holes being cut out, they will serve as a further guide indetermining the thicknesses ; so with the finest plane and thescraper proceed finally to adjust them inside the gauged border-line and block-boundaries, till they are left as follows, according toFig. 154, which represents the inside view of the belly :—At thecentre, A a, it must have a substance of -^~ (just over \ inch) ;it must only just thin off (say ^ less) at the edges markedc, c, c, c, and must be a shade thicker just over the sound-postB, which, it will be noticed, is placed on the left in the figurewhich represents the underneath surface of the belly. Finally,adust these thicknesses by means of sand-paper, and then. Fig. 154.—Diagram explaining thethicknesses of the belly andthe setting of the bar. 258 VIOLIN-MAKING I AS IT WAS AND IS. correct any little faults or roughnesses which may be foundround the // holes, being, of course, cautious not to alter theirshape in any way. You can now shape your bar, and affix it to the belly, first ofall marking the place where it is to go, as follows :—It will beplaced on the right-hand side of the belly (as you work at theinside). Make three small marks at the exact centre of the , at the broadest part of the upper bouts, D ; 2, exactly midwaybetween the crannies of the two ff boles, e ; and, 3, at thebroadest parts of the lower bouts, F. If your join is exactly inthe centre, these marks will be on the join; but it sometimeshappens that it is not quit
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