The process diagram illustrates the method of manufacturing a violin from scratch by hand, along with the listed raw materials needed to create the instrument.
The 9-step procedure begins with the cutting out the violin’s unique shape as well as its structure with a thin piece of wood, which ends with the assembling of these various parts into a playable violin. This is achieved by detailed cuts and largely compiled by gluing pieces together.
The base structure of the instrument is made out of thin pieces of wood that are cut out into the shape intended, using a saw. After attaining the front and back parts of the violin, utilizing an outlining tool, it is essential to carve an f-hole into both the left and right sides of the front base, facing opposite directions. Next, glue in a bass bar in the center of the front part, between the f-holes.
Following this, to create the hollow space between the front and back part of the instrument, ribs are secured to support the two bases. A heating tool is used to mold unshaped rib strips to fit the designated circumference shape of the violin, in which the finished ribs are pasted on the back base and eventually glued to the front base. As the body of the violin is produced, the neck and the scroll, that is made in separate, are connected to the instrument as a whole. The last steps to complete the violin include placing additional parts onto the body and neck, as well as varnishing the whole thing in order to give it a shine.