1. Nut Regluing: Steps and Tips for Securing Loose Nuts
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If the nut is loose and you need to reglue it. Clean off all of the old glue Make sure it fits. If not you need to fit the angles to match the fingerboard and the neck. Use a very small amount ...

2. Caspari Pegs: Repair Guide for slipping pegs | Callier-Scollard Violins
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Caspari pegs work by having a bushing glued into the peg box on the "head" side of the peg. The bushing is made of what I believe is transformer coil material. The Caspari peg then squeezes against ...

3. Rib Repair Without Removing Top: Gluing Lining and Block, Saving Time and Money
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When a rib is loose off the end block it can sometimes be repaired without taking the top off. This saves time and money. I recently repaired a rib without removing the top. First I completely removed ...

4. Repairing a Broken End Block on a Sentimental Violin
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When I first looked at this violin, I thought the end block was just split in half and I would be able to repair it without taking the top off. Once I started working on it and had the saddle removed, ...

5. Bow Frog Repair Methods
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Sometimes when you are rehairing a bow, you remove the ring off a frog and there is nothing holding the broken tongue together. Where there is a large crack surface area it can be glued back together. ...