{"id":1357,"date":"2024-07-27T06:12:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T05:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.performanceware.com.br\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2024-12-11T04:36:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T04:36:52","slug":"fixing-the-neck-with-bolts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riccardo964.techster.uk\/index.php\/2024\/07\/27\/fixing-the-neck-with-bolts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixing the neck with nails or bolts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Earlier violin (baroque<\/em>) designs employed butt joint, where the neck was glued and then a bolt offered the necessary support for holding it in the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, if you think about it, guitars employ this method as the tension is much stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let’s go back to violins <\/strong>now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: Fiddler Dan<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Changes in design shifted the pressure to the button of the violin, where modern pieces handle it well enough so they won’t break on playing the instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As figure shows, over time, rust or bad installs lead to issues on tearing the instrument apart, requiring maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let’s take one step back even: bolts are quite modern; they used nails<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oh, the horror. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Are nails strong? Well, yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In earlier woodworking, they used nails for several situations, from flooring, barrels, doors, clocks, boxes, beds, to coffins. Look this very interesting post<\/a> about “the secrets of nails”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A different kind of nail was used, with a different ‘format’ to add pressure to the wood instead of just piercing it (different from what we use nowadays, that is round).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can buy on Amazon these so called “Common Cut Nails – Antique Style” (10 nails for \u00a324.47, prices of July\/2024) – which are by far not cheap, compared to the round “alternative” (although much weaker <\/strong>when joining wood pieces altogether).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, I digress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s go back to Geigenmacher<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not yet though: look at this job for a Double Bass:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Again: it’s all about tension (in the case of the figure, also about alignment to the top, as an additional wedge was fitted to correct the proper angle). It looks ugly though. I digress again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, more “aggressive” luthiers might even put a nail on the outside of the button:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It has been a wild account of adding bolts and nails into the neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowadays, there’s no need to do it, so please refrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OR, you can make a Nail Violin<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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