The Repairing & Restoration of Violins / 'The Strad' Library, No. XII.

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THE STRAD LIBRARY, No. XII.
Of the Music Jury, International Inventions Exhibition South Kensington, 1885; International Exhibition Edinburgh, 1890; Expert in Law Courts, 1891; Vice-President of the Cremona Society .
London: THE STRAD OFFICE, 3, GREEN TERRACE, ROSEBERY AVENUE, E.C. D. R. DUNCAN, 186, FLEET STREET, E.C. New York: CHARLES SCRIBNERS' SONS, 153-157, FIFTH AVENUE 1903.
—Introductory
—Slight Accidents—Modern Restorers— Chattering —The Proper Sort of Glue—Its Preparation and Use
—Minor Repairs—Cramps and Joints—Violin Cases—Rattles and Jars—Loose Fingerboards—Atmospheric Temperature—Old-Fashioned Methods of Repairing—Modern Ways—A Loose Nut
—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 Pressure
—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 Same
—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 It
—Finishing the Fingerboard—Fixing the Nut—Size and Position of Grooves for the Strings—Filing Down the Graft—Smoothing, Colouring, and Varnishing Same
—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 Violins