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 . Fig. 97.—Walliss Patent Pio. 98.—Patent Peg to ensure Firmness. 190 VIOLIN-MAKING : AS IT WAS AND IS. that slipping becomes practically unknown. Mr. Stuttaford hasintroduced a peg for the A string to obviate the difficulty alwaysexperienced in getting at this string consequent on its beingcovered by the volute of the scroll (vide M. Chanots violin,p. 115). A screw runs down the stem of the p
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 . Fig. 97.—Walliss Patent Pio. 98.—Patent Peg to ensure Firmness. 190 VIOLIN-MAKING : AS IT WAS AND IS. that slipping becomes practically unknown. Mr. Stuttaford hasintroduced a peg for the A string to obviate the difficulty alwaysexperienced in getting at this string consequent on its beingcovered by the volute of the scroll (vide M. Chanots violin,p. 115). A screw runs down the stem of the peg from the endof the thumb piece, which presses upon the string as soon asit is put through the hole in the peg, and holds it tight, sothat the peg can be turned at once without the trouble ofpulling out the end with tweezers, and doubling it under thestring to fix it. A good idea, but likely to weaken the peg,and get out of order. The Nut (s, Fig. 39) is the small piece of ebony J inch high,i%m diameter, 4 long, which intervenes between the peg-boxand the finger-board, and over the hard cross-grain of which thestrings pass (on small grooves cut in it), to the bridge clear ofthe finger-board, its elevation above which
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