{"id":72,"date":"2023-10-07T03:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T03:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riccardo964a.wordpress.com\/2023\/10\/07\/anatomy-of-a-violin-its-basically-17-parts\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T04:40:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T04:40:42","slug":"anatomy-of-a-violin-its-basically-17-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riccardo964.techster.uk\/index.php\/2023\/10\/07\/anatomy-of-a-violin-its-basically-17-parts\/","title":{"rendered":"Anatomy of a violin: it&#039;s basically 17 parts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A violin has fundamentally <b>17 <\/b><strong>parts<\/strong> (if we count f-hole as a &#8216;part&#8217;, the four tuning pegs together, the garland &#8211; although it has four parts, and we don&#8217;t mention the four strings &#8211; not in the figure):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/riccardo964a.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/10\/violin-parts-1.png?w=528\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-320\" style=\"width:362px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riccardo964.techster.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/violin-parts-1.png 528w, https:\/\/riccardo964.techster.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/violin-parts-1-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/the-shed.nz\/2019-6-17-making-a-violin-part-one\/\">https:\/\/the-shed.nz\/2019-6-17-making-a-violin-part-one\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are all the parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tailpiece<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fingerboard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nut<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scroll (volute)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuning pegs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neck<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bridge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tail saddle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tail nut<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>F-holes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belly (2 pieces)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Purfling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bassbar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Soundpost<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Garland: c-bouts, upper\/lower bouts, sidestrips<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>End button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Back (2 pieces)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>In German:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/riccardo964a.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/10\/violin-parts-3.png?w=540\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-322\" style=\"width:392px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riccardo964.techster.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/violin-parts-3.png 540w, https:\/\/riccardo964.techster.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/violin-parts-3-266x300.png 266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Portuguese:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/riccardo964a.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/10\/violin-parts-2.png?w=690\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-321\" style=\"width:476px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riccardo964.techster.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/violin-parts-2.png 690w, https:\/\/riccardo964.techster.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/violin-parts-2-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, the soundpost in Portuguese was translated as &#8220;Alma&#8221; meaning &#8220;Soul&#8221; of the violin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bow has the following parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/riccardo964a.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/10\/violin-bow-parts2.png?w=747\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-319\" style=\"width:455px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riccardo964.techster.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/violin-bow-parts2.png 747w, https:\/\/riccardo964.techster.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/violin-bow-parts2-300x147.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The end is subdivided in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/riccardo964a.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/10\/violin-bow-parts1.png?w=698\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-318\" style=\"width:466px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riccardo964.techster.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/violin-bow-parts1.png 698w, https:\/\/riccardo964.techster.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/violin-bow-parts1-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bridge<span style=\"font-size: medium\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The bridge has also some interesting nomenclature:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/riccardo964a.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/10\/bridge-parts-names.png?w=460\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225\" style=\"width:435px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riccardo964.techster.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bridge-parts-names.png 460w, https:\/\/riccardo964.techster.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/bridge-parts-names-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nature-based components<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A violin is basically composed of many <b>organic materials<\/b> in its construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, the &#8220;Hair&#8221; used on the bow is made of actual <b>horse hair<\/b>: one could select hair out of Siberian, Mongolian, Manchurian, Polish, and also Argentinian horsehair. One could choose white or black colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although modern strings are made of steel and plastic components, in the early days, they were made of <b>animal guts, <\/b>t<span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">ypically sheep intestines. There is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wRQq_0VM110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">very nice video on YouTube detailing how it is made<\/a>. To this day some violinists prefer to use animal gut.<br><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, as you know, to glue it all together, violin makers use animal glue, produced out of <span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">connective tissues, namely, bones, skin\/hide, or sinew.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes on violin making: 19 basic steps?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Interestingly, one could &#8216;divide the labour&#8217; on building a violin into the following tasks (order is not &#8216;written in stone&#8217;, of course):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Work on the garland: blocks, c-bouts, upper\/lower bouts, sidestrips<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Prepare and work on the back<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Glue the back on the finished garland <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Prepare and work on the bell<\/span><\/span>y<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Work on the purflings in back and belly<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Carve out the f-holes<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Glue the soundbar<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Brand it: add nametag \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Finish the soundbox: glue top on garland+back<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Work on the neck (volute)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Work on the fingerboard, glue it to the neck<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Glue neck to soundbox in proper angle<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Work on small parts: tail saddle, nut, carve out and adjust bridge<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Prepare tuning pegs<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Add rest of the parts: tailgut, tailpiece, endbutton<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Add and adjust soundpost<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Add strings<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Prepare bow<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Play it<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Epilogue<span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">A traditional violin in the early days was made out of (knot-free) <b>wood<\/b> and <b>animals<\/b>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/riccardo964a.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/10\/animal-glue-1.png?w=450\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-213\" style=\"width:441px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riccardo964.techster.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/animal-glue-1.png 450w, https:\/\/riccardo964.techster.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/animal-glue-1-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"hgKElc\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A violin has fundamentally 17 parts (if we count f-hole as a &#8216;part&#8217;, the four tuning pegs together, the garland &#8211; although it has four parts, and we don&#8217;t mention the four strings &#8211; not in the figure): Here are all the parts: In German: In Portuguese: Interestingly, the soundpost in Portuguese was translated as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,22],"tags":[42,53,68,81],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-lutherie","category-violin-making","tag-glue","tag-parts","tag-tasks","tag-wood"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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