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  • Handmade Violin, Episode 3: The Neck and Scroll -
  • Episode DHMM-203

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    This third installment of violin building on DIY's Handmade Music capitalizes on the production of the first two episodes. Previously host Jeff Wilson learned the old-school methods used at the Chicago School of Violin Making. So far those methods have yielded ribs and plates. Now it all comes together as students glue the elements together and form a violin body.

    One of the most distinctive features of a violin is the scroll found at the end of its neck. This episode transitions into the next stage of violin building and learns how first-timers are taught simple carving methods for a seemingly complicated part of the instrument.

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