Klarinet Archive - Posting 000293.txt from 2001/09

From: MVinquist@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Violin Making
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 17:47:30 -0400

On September 6, Tony Pay said:

>>All I meant about the violin is that the wood of the body has been
manipulated extensively in manufacture -- bent, and so on. It hasn't got
like that *naturally*. <<

Tony -

The back and belly of a violin are not bent. They're carved from solid
blocks of wood. It's only the sides that are "manipulated" -- steamed and
bent into shape.

Sorry about that.

Ken Shaw

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