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How can we make what is seen in the old Italian violins?
From scratch so to say, rather than copying. And how can we proceed avoiding any methods inconsistent with the time of classical violin making?To sketch the broad strokes of an answer, we'll lay aside all modern approaches and the now standard common practices that mostly arose out of 19th the century commercialization of violin making. Using only resources appropriate to the time and place of 16th and 17th century Northern Italy, we will re-imagine designing and making a violin from start to finish.