peg-box

Attached to the body, which has no back, is a long neck, terminating in a flat head acting as a peg-box and bent back slightly at an obtuse angle from the neck.

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This treatment is to be avoided if possible, as it is accompanied by a more or less disfigurement of the "cheeks" of the peg-box, and at the best is uncertain.

The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. Horace Petherick 1879

Another yet more secret I have only seen in an Italian grafting, and it may be native; no join whatever is seen in a front view nor in the peg-box if this part is at all soiled or dusty, as is usually the case.

The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. Horace Petherick 1879

The superficial area of the interior walls of this part of the peg-box being much greater, the thickness ditto, there is seldom

The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. Horace Petherick 1879

Scrolls of masterly design and execution are frequently met with mounted on a peg-box, selected or carved, without the least reference to the style of the original, imparting to the whole a hideously mixed and vulgar aspect.

The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. Horace Petherick 1879

Care must be taken that the rounding commences underneath, a little away from the part that will be fitted into the peg-box.

The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. Horace Petherick 1879

From the point representing the opening of the peg-box one of two lengths upwards must be decided upon; if the splicing is to be effected in the manner common in this country, a greater length will be required than for that of the French style.

The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. Horace Petherick 1879

In carving the blocks that are to be used outside the peg-box for evenly distributing the pressure, precautions must be taken not to cut them of equal thickness, or when the pressure is applied, they are likely to slip, particularly when the peg-box diminishes rapidly in width under the volute.

The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. Horace Petherick 1879

When the ruts are finished, recourse must be had to the glasspaper file again to round the top surface of the nut with an inclination downwards toward the peg-box.

The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. Horace Petherick 1879

Should the worm-eaten portion extend to the outsides or "cheeks" of the peg-box, it would be well to insert here also another slice of fresh wood as before, the length according to requirement, but in these instances, the portion of the head piece under consideration being lower down and broader, the grain of the inside slice may run continuously with the original wood.

The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. Horace Petherick 1879