Chapter I: Front Matter

The Proper Sort of Glue--Its Preparation and Use . . . . 3

CHAPTER III.--Minor Repairs--Cramps and Joints--Violin Cases--
Rattles and Jars--Loose Fingerboards--Atmospheric
Temperature--Old-Fashioned Methods of Repairing--Modern
Ways--A Loose Nut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

CHAPTER IV.--Injuries to the Head or Scroll--Insertion of Fresh
Wood--Colouring of White Wood--Separation of Head from
Peg-box and Re-joining--Stopping Material for Small Holes
or Fractures--The Peg-box Cracked by Pressure . . . . . . 28

CHAPTER V.--Fracture of Peg-box and Shell--Chips from this
Part--Filling up of Same--Restoration to Original Form,
after Parts have been Lost--Worn Peg-holes, Re-filling or
Boring Same . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

CHAPTER VI.--Loosening of Junction of Graft with Peg-box, and
Refixing Same--Grafting, Different Methods of Performing
this--Lengthening the Neck--Old and Modern Method--Renewal
of Same--Inclination of Neck and Fingerboard with Regard
to the Bridge--Height of Latter, and Reason for It . . . 58

CHAPTER VII.--Finishing the Fingerboard--Fixing the Nut--Size
and Position of Grooves for the Strings--Filing Down the
Graft--Smoothing, Colouring, and Varnishing Same . . . . 84

CHAPTER VIII.--Injuries that can be Repaired from the Outside--
Insertion of Fresh Wood in Fracture of the Ribs--The
Effects of Climate on the Glue in Violins . . . . . . . . 92

CHAPTER IX.--The Glue Used by the Early Italian Makers--
Insertion of Pieces of Wood for Repairing Lost Parts--
Replacing Lost Rib and Repairing Interior without Opening
when Possible--Securing Loose Lower Rib to End Block--
Different Methods--Treatment of Worm-holes--Fixing on
Graft on Neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

CHAPTER X.--Ways of Removing the Upper Table and the Neck--
Cleansing the Interior--Preservation of the Original
Label--Closing of Cracks in Upper Table . . . . . . . . . 114

CHAPTER XI.--Getting Parts Together that apparently do not
Fit--The use of Benzine or Turpentine--Treatment of
Warped or Twisted Lower Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

CHAPTER XII.--Removal of Old Superfluous Glue by Damping--
Replacing Old End Blocks by New Ones--Temporary Beams
and Joists Inside for Keeping Ribs, etc., in Position
while Freshly Glued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

CHAPTER XIII.--Re-opening the Back to Correct the Badly
Repaired Joint--A Few Words on Studs--Filling Up Spaces
left by Lost Splinters--Matching Wood for Large Cracks,
etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

CHAPTER XIV.--Repairing Lost Portions--Margins of Sound Holes--
Matching the Grain--Fixing and Finishing Off--Replacing
with Fresh Wood Large Portions of Upper Table--Lost Parts
of Purfling--Restoring It with Old Stuff . . . . . . . . 155

CHAPTER XV.--Repairs to Purfling (continued)--Filling up an
Opening Extending to the Whole Length of the Violin--
Fitting the Core--Fixing it in Position and Retaining it
There--Finishing the Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

CHAPTER XVI.--Repairing Undertaken by People in Business not
connected with that of Bowed Instruments--Removal of a
Fixed Sound Post--Fitting a Fresh Part of Worm-Eaten Rib--
Bringing Together the Loosened Joint of the Back Without
Opening the Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

CHAPTER XVII.--Insertion of Studs along the Joint Inside
without Opening the Violin--Lining or Veneering a Thin
Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

CHAPTER XVIII.--The Bar in Olden Times--The Modern One--The
Operation of Fitting and Fixing the Bar--Closing and
Completion of the Repairs--Varnishing of the Repaired
Parts having Fresh Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186