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Gluing
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A routine closing of glue joints opened by weather change.
Fingerboard gluing.
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A cello neck and fingerboard are warmed with a heat lamp prior to gluing.
Crack Gluing.
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A cello rib crack is leveled with a plastic square and a small wedge as it is glued.
Gluing an f-wing crack.
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A notched coffee stick wedged against the back helps to align this crack for gluing.
Regluing a violin rib to the upper block.
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This damage was done when the neck separated from the body during a fall.

Photographs (c) John and Sharon Bowen.

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