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Bow, Techniques

Replacing A Broken Tongue

Posted on by Jerry Pasewicz
16
Jun

As published in the IPCI Book. The following article describes a procedure we use in our shop to repair a broken tongue made of ebony. When this procedure is successfully completed, the grafted tongue will be as strong as the original and the repair will be virtually invisible. This procedure is not appropriate for tongues made of […]

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Instrument, Techniques

Conical Through Patch, Edge, and Underlay: C-Bout

Posted on by Kari Azure
25
Mar

This viola came in with some serious damage to the treble c-bout edge due to the bow hitting it. The purpose of the conical patch is to use the existing wood and raising it into a position that is past the damage so that the joint is almost invisible. In this case in particular, there […]

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