The 3rd Violin

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  1. Continuing to Carve Top Arch, Top Purflings, Hollowing Out Top, Building a Graduation Punch, F-Holes
  2. Finishing the F-Holes, Bass Bar, Carving Back Arch, Back Purfling
  3. Drilling Depth Graduation Holes in Back, Hollowing Out the Back, Beginning the Scroll
  4. Scroll Work
  5. Gluing Top to Rim,Preparing Fingerboard, Fitting Neck, Carving Neck, Gluing Neck
  6. Gluing Back, Saddle and Nut, Tuner Pegs, Waterbased Dye Experiments
  7. Dyeing the Violin, Beginning the French Polishing
  8. Continuing to French Polish, Polishing with Novus #2, Gluing on the Fingerboard, Filing the Nut, Fitting the Bridge Feet
  9. Marking the Bridge Height, Cutting the Bridge Arch, A Bridge-Carving Cradle, Tuner Pegs and Nut Slotting, Fitting and Installing the Soundpost, Initial Sounds, Comparison, Nut Slots. Second Violin vs. Third Violin
  10. The Bridge is Shaped and Carved!!!, IT IS FINALLY FINISHED!!!, Practice!, Twinkle Twinkle, I'M PUBLISHED!!! , A New Case for the Bluegrass Fiddle!!!