The violin and the art of its construction: a treatise on the Stradivarius violin

Chapter 3: Index.

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The treatise offers practical, step-by-step guidance on making, repairing, and caring for violins, grounded in the author's decades of workshop experience and admiration for Stradivarius. It begins with selection and properties of woods, then proceeds through construction details—ribs, back, belly, arching, purfling, thicknessing, f-holes, bass-bar, neck, fingerboard, and dimensions—and continues with fittings such as pegs, bridge, tailpiece, sound-post, and strings. Final chapters address varnish, cleaning, maintenance, and bow construction, combining technical measurements with hands-on tips for professional makers and informed amateurs.

	Introduction	Page 7
I.	Of the Wood	” 10
II.	Of the Construction	” 11
III.	The Ribs	” 12
IV.	The Back and Edges	” 12
V.	The Belly	” 13
VI.	The Arching	” 13
VII.	The Purfling	” 14
VIII.	Working-out the Thicknesses of the Belly and Back	” 15
IX.	The F-holes	” 16
X.	The Bass-bar	” 16
XI.	The Head or Neck	” 18
XII.	The Dimensions, Length of Neck and Body	” 18
XIII.	The Finger-board and Nut	” 21
XIV.	The Position of the Neck	” 21
XV.	The Tail-piece	” 22
XVI.	The Pegs	” 24
XVII.	The Bridge	” 24
XVIII.	The Sound-post	” 25
XIX.	The Strings	” 27
XX.	The Varnish	” 28
XXI.	The Cleaning and Care of the Violin	” 32
XXII.	The Bow	” 32