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viola d'ottone

The brass viol

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Monday, April 27th, 2020

🦋 viola d'ottone: cutting the neck

I've laid out the neck for my brass viola. Next step will be cutting the outline and the tenon. I will leave the full thickness of the board in place until the neck fits into the viola body straight and lined up with the tail.

posted morning of April 27th, 2020: Respond
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2020

🦋 viola d'ottone: second thoughts about the neck

I think I need to laminate the brass viola's neck out of two pieces, so the grain in the upper neck and pegbox/scroll can be straight. I do not think it will be strong enough going at an angle across the grain as it is currently laid out [cf]. I have a pretty clear mental picture of what the joint should look like.

posted morning of April 28th, 2020: 1 response

Thursday, May 21st, 2020

🦋 viola d'ottone: alignment

Today I did a first rough fit of the tailpiece and neck into the viola d'ottone. I'm overjoyed to see everything lining up straight, I was quite convinced there would be a misalignment that I'd have to correct for.