The Making of the Violin (Continued)

	.The violin maker finicking the back with another scraper.
Hollowing out the arching of the back.
	The violin maker evens off the contours of the ribs.
A delicate operation: gluing the back to the ribs.
	Placing the linings.

Using a model the violin maker draws the f-holes on the belly (made more or less in the same way as the back), with a simple pencil.
	Cutting out the f-holes.
It is with a penknife, the violin maker’s major tool, that he finishes cutting out, with great precision, the ƒƒ ’s of the f-holes.
	Here the violin maker has glued the bass bar to the top; they are held together with cramps until the glue dries.
And here is the top with the clearly visible bass bar.
	Here, the purfling-cutter helps our violin maker to draw the purfling grooves all around the belly and back.

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