Cello. Procedure for the costruction. Following the classical Cremonese method of the internal mould.

Amelio Cicuttini born in Friuli (Italy) in 1922, graduated in chemical engineering at the University of Padua, had a long international career joint with a parallel interest for the restoration of ancient furniture and classical paintings. After retirement, pushed by the musicality of the family, the presence of the string instruments, the beauty of their wood, thei superb architecture and the mystery of the production of their sound, he decided to go to Cremona and learn the violin making procedure "sub disciplina" of the great master Francesco Bissolotti, dedicated to the classical method of the internal mould.Guide and source of ispiration for the author have been the classic publications edited by Hill of London, the celebrated Simone Fernando Sacconi, Weissar and Shipman, present publications and an intensive activity with his master in Cremona. Complementary tot the costruction of the instruments the author has elaborated this methodology and shop procedures for the costructionof the Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass, indispensable guide for a correct sequence of work and assurance of the right data for each model specifically programmed.INDEXMouldChapters of text:1 - preparation of the mould and block2 - ribs3 - linings4 - back5 - front6 - F holes7 - bassbar8 - assembling the back to the robs rib and blockes preparation gluing the back9 - taking off the mould10 - gluing the front11 - outiline - edge and corners12 - purfling13 - fluting14 - saddle15 - neck16 - fingerboard nut and neck17 - end botton18 - neck fitting19 - botton and neckfoot20 - preparation before varnishing21 - varnish22 - pegs23 - finition of the neck24 - finition of the saddle25 - soundpost26 - bridge27 - colouring of the F-holes edges and the pegbox28 - setup the celloTABLES Read more