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The Repairing and Restoration of Violins [Illustrated]

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This edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of ContentsCONTENTSCHAPTER I. — IntroductoryCHAPTER II. — Slight Accidents — Modern Restorers — 'Chattering' — The Proper Sort of Glue — Its Preparation and UseCHAPTER III. — Minor Repairs — Cramps and Joints — Violin Cases — Rattles and Jars — Loose Fingerboards — Atmospheric Temperature — Old-Fashioned Methods of Repairing — Modern Ways — A Loose NutCHAPTER IV. — Injuries to the Head or Scroll — Insertion of Fresh Wood — Colouring of White Wood — Separation of Head from Peg-box and Re-joining — Stopping Material for Small Holes or Fractures — The Peg-box Cracked by PressureCHAPTER V. — Fracture of Peg-box and Shell — Chips from this Part — Filling up of Same — Restoration to Original Form, after Parts have been Lost — Worn Peg-holes, Re-filling or Boring SameCHAPTER VI. — Loosening of Junction of Graft with Peg-box, and Refixing Same — Grafting, Different Methods of Performing this — Lengthening the Neck — Old and Modern Method — Renewal of Same — Inclination of Neck and Fingerboard with Regard to the Bridge — Height of Latter, and Reason for ItCHAPTER VII. — Finishing the Fingerboard — Fixing the Nut — Size and Position of Grooves for the Strings — Filing Down the Graft — Smoothing, Colouring, and Varnishing SameCHAPTER VIII. — Injuries that can be Repaired from the Outside — Insertion of Fresh Wood in Fracture of the Ribs — The Effects of Climate on the Glue in ViolinsCHAPTER IX. — The Glue Used by the Early Italian Makers — Insertion of Pieces of Wood for Repairing Lost Parts — Replacing Lost Rib and Repairing Interior without Opening when Possible — Securing Loose Lower Rib to End Block — Different Methods — Treatment of Worm-holes — Fixing on Graft on NeckCHAPTER X. — Ways of Removing the Upper Table and the Neck — Cleansing the Interior — Preservation of the Original Label — Closing of Cracks in Upper TableCHAPTER XI. — Getting Parts Together that apparently do not Fit — The use of Benzine o

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