The Third

13.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.

14.Cutting out the f-holes.

15.It is with a penknife, the violin maker’s major tool, that he finishes cutting out, with great precision, the ff ’s of the f-holes.

16.Here the violin maker has glued the bass bar to the top; they are held together with cramps until the glue dries

17.And here is the top with the clearly visible bass bar.

18.Here, the purfling-cutter helps our violin maker to draw the purfling grooves all around the belly and back.