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Centre of attention: centring and alignment

2024-08-30T08:43:00

01a Top view of centering jig being used

Inspired by the work of the Cremonese masters, David Folland explains his method for finding the centre line of an old instrument

This method ensured that no matter how asymmetrical the outline, or how rough and ready the construction may have been, the centre alignment would always be spot on. The fact that the greatest Cremonese makers always made certain to get this right clearly points to its significance, and indeed I have found through the years that quite often the underlying cause of an instrument not playing or sounding up to its potential stems from some aspect of misalignment…

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