Not a Help!
Gluing on a fingerboard is not a hard job. But in this case there’s a school of thought that believes in making easy jobs hard.
A Dutch Job
Usually tops and backs are just glued directly to the ribs and linings, nothing fancy. At various places and times in the past, though, sometimes makers locked the top and back in place.
Another Good Idea!
I can’t remember where I got this soundpost. It speaks for itself. I’m sure there was an idea–perhaps something to do with resonance in the antennae. There have been a few ideas over the last 100 years of putting resonating objects inside of violins
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Logical Harmony
My French doesn’t really exist: does this label offer a “bar of logical harmony”, while implying perfection? Of course after seeing this label under the (wrong side) f-hole, I pulled the end pin and took a look into the violin through the hole.
What’s Inside?
You are probably slightly aware of something moving around inside your violin, but here’s how it starts, as a mess in some deep corner.