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 . e must come rightdown to the shoulder. When the proportion has been got,finish the shaping of the chin and shoulder, working by eyefrom a finished instrument till the right shaping is work is begun with a knife, but finished and principallydone with a rasp or good file ; in this operation you will fileall the varnish off the chin of the scroll and the shoulder, theneck being revarnish
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 . e must come rightdown to the shoulder. When the proportion has been got,finish the shaping of the chin and shoulder, working by eyefrom a finished instrument till the right shaping is work is begun with a knife, but finished and principallydone with a rasp or good file ; in this operation you will fileall the varnish off the chin of the scroll and the shoulder, theneck being revarnished, as laid down further on (p. 318). Whenwith the biting file you have got the right shape, go all over theneck (including, of course, the edges of the finger-board) with afiner file, then finish with a scraper and sand-paper. Now witha file round off the upper edges of the finger-board and the nutat all its angles, as you see it done on a finished fiddle ^ Theneck (including the edges of the finger-board) is then thoroughlysand-papered with different finenesses of paper till the requisitesmoothness is attained, then varnish and polish it as laid down in 300 VIOLIN-MAKING : AS IT WAS AND paperof oil. Fig. 183.—Guide for marking string grooves on the Nut.
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