THE REPAIRING & RESTORATION OF VIOLINS.
3, GREEN TERRACE, ROSEBERY AVENUE, LONDON, E.C.
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| HORACE PETHERICK. |
"THE STRAD" LIBRARY, No. XII.
THE
REPAIRING & RESTORATION
VIOLINS.
HORACE PETHERICK.
South Kensington, 1885; International Exhibition
Edinburgh, 1890; Expert in Law Courts, 1891;
Vice-President of the Cremona Society.
ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR.
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.
CONTENTS.
—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 f