The finger board is lightly attached to the neck. The nut is then shaped for proper string spacing and clearance. The strings can now be mounted and the violin tested "in the white".
- Making 3
- Making 4
- Raw Top, Back, Ribs
- Corner Blocks & Linings
- Relative Sizes
- Ribs on Form
- The Neck
- The Marked-up Plates
- The Cut Out Plates
- Plates Routed
- Linings Clamped
- Linings in Place
- Lining and Corner Block
- Lining and End Block
- Plates Being Shaped
- Plates Shaped to Form
- Thickness Guide Holes
- F-hole Outlines
- Insides of Plates
- F-holes Cut - Outside
- F-holes Cut - Inside
- Bass Bar Material
- Back Glued to Ribs
- Ribs and Back
- Back and Ribs
- Form Ready for Removal
- Bass Bar in Place
- Finished Bass Bar
- Linings Glued to Rib Tops
- Reglueing Upper Block
- Belly Glued onto Ribs
- Back Purfling Groove
- Belly Purfling Groove
- Back Purfling Inserted
- Belly Purfling Inserted into Groove
- Maker's Signature
- Carved Scroll
- Finished Scroll and Pegbox
- Neck Glued into Body
- Finger Board and Nut
- Test Fit of Finger Board
- First Coat of Varnish
- First Varnish Coat - Back
- Varnishing Finished - Back
- Varnishing Finished
- Finished Violin
- Finished Violin - Scroll
- Finished Violin - Composite
- Making 6
- Making 7 & 8