The following is another
brief photo description of the making of an aluminium bodied cornerless "Chanot"
style 4/4
size violin, to the same spec's as the
standard shape 4/4.
The overall measurements are again from 'Juliet Barker', the contour templates are
for a Sacconi Strad 1716 & the neck/scroll dimensions are from 'Strobel'.
The completed specifications are:
Body length 355mm Top/end of fingerboard to belly
22mm
Top bout 168mm Bridge centre
height 33.3mm
Middle bout 112mm E string height above
fingerboard 2.5mm
Bottom bout 208mm
G string height above fingerboard 3.5mm
Rib height 30mm Fingerboard to
bridge
50mm
Body stop 195mm Tailpiece saddle to
bridge 50mm
Neck stop 130mm
Fingerboard length 270mm
Vibrating string length 325mm (standard 2:3 ratio
Total length from top of scroll to bottom edge of top plate 600mm .
The arching are: top plate 14.4mm, back plate 12.4mm.
(Actual concavity: top plate 13.5mm, back plate 11.5mm.)
with 1.2mm aluminium used for the plates, bass bar and joining clips and
0.9mm for the single piece rib.
The neck, top block and sound post are again made from unknown wood from a
yacht's spar, with ebony finger board, nut and pegs, with the mini tailpiece made
from 2.0mm aluminium.
There is no bottom block or endpin as the mini tailpiece is attached to the
belly above the lower end of the the bass bar.
The curved sound holes are 89mm in length and increase in width from 6mm at
the top to 7.5mm at the bottom.
The estimated finished weight with chinrest attached was 750grams, the
actual finished weight is 750grams, exactly as estimated.
(the weight of a normal 4/4 sized wooden violin, with chinrest attached, is approx. 450grams.
The strings are:
E - D'Addaro Prelude J811 E-Mi 4/4 Polished Steel, Medium Tension.
A - D'Addaro Prelude J812 A-la 4/4 Aluminium Wound. Medium Tension
D - D'Addaro Prelude J813 D-Re 4/4 Nickel Wound, Medium Tension
G - D'Addaro Prelude J814 G-Sol 4/4 Nickel Wound, Medium Tension
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