Gallery 3

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Fitting the neck to the body takes great care and careful fitting. Allignment of the fingerboard, over stand, and streight allignment must be checked constantly before final gluing.
Neck root finishing.
Final finishing on the neck root.

Finishing up the neck root.
More neck root carving.
The neck is finally set and glued in place. Now the back is glued on and the instrument will be ready for stringing-up. Viola'!

Allignment of the fingerboard to the bady is critical when setting the neck.
The inside is signed and dated for those repairing my work 300 years from now.
My label on this instrument.

The final glue-up. The instrument is considered "in the white".
The final glue-up. Another angle.
The final set-up and the moment of truth awaits. How will it sound?

Just being creative.
In the white, final set-up.
Success! Owner Odin Rathnam, playing his instrument for the first time. He was delighted with it's tone and projection.


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Hershey Violins

11 West Main Street
Mechanicsburg, Pa 17055
717.697.6341

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