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 . all the way round, and you must screw and unscrew, fit and refit, till this is attained. The ribs being thus fitted to the back without glue> the next thing is to glue and fasten them. For this purpose it will not be necessary to entirely unfix them, but two or three screws may be taken off at a time, and that bit glued and re-fastened before going on. Begin by taking off the top cramp and thre
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 . all the way round, and you must screw and unscrew, fit and refit, till this is attained. The ribs being thus fitted to the back without glue> the next thing is to glue and fasten them. For this purpose it will not be necessary to entirely unfix them, but two or three screws may be taken off at a time, and that bit glued and re-fastened before going on. Begin by taking off the top cramp and three screws on each side ; take an old table knife, and dipping it quickly in the glue, insert it between the back and ribs, and run it round as far as it will go, repeating the operation till all you can get at is thoroughly glued ; then, seeing that the ribs are rightly set on the edge, cramp and screw them up again tight. Take off three or four adjacent screws, glue that bit and refix it, and so on ; go all round the fiddle a u bout at a time, taking care to reset the ribs, so as to leave an even edge. Then take a brush, and with hot water (out of the glue pot) thoroughly wash away all traces. 1HE BACK. 251 of glue clinging outside, inside, or on the edges of the ribs orback. Bet the whole arrangement to dry for a day Yourprincipal difficulty will be that the hold taken by the screwsbeing rather precarious, whilst you fix one, another will drop off,and so on, and this is damaging both to the temper and the successof the operation. Therefore fix your glued ribs quickly, butcarefully and surely. When sufficient time has elapsed for theglue to have dried thoroughly, remove the screws, take threequalities of sand-paper (the last being very fine indeed) andthoroughly sand-paper and smooth the entire inside of theribs and back : remember it will not be pleasant to think thatin some centuries to come the repairer will find that the workyou have been so careful over outside is slovenly
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