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Trade Secrets: Purfling and edgework after closing the box

2024-09-06T09:24:00

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A method that allows for more aesthetic freedom than completing the plates before finishing the soundbox

By Emilio Kusi Crabbé

Luthier based in Zhongli, Taiwan

I like the idea that the outlines, edges and purfling of an instrument can be left as a final, more aesthetic feature, rather than a central part of the making process. When I’m working on the top and back plates, my attention is completely taken up with the instrument’s function, so I focus entirely on the archings, fluting and graduations…

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