-
commonly used in
modern m****-produced instruments.
Purfling may
affect the instrument's acoustics.
Purfling is
distinct from binding,
which is used primarily...
-
serves only a
cosmetic purpose.
Fretboards are
sometimes also "bound".
Purfling is
similar to binding, but
differs in that it is
offset a
small distance...
- binding,
which are
called purfling. This
binding serves to seal off the
endgrain of the top and back.
Binding and
purfling materials are
generally made...
-
border inlay known as
purfling.
While purfling is attractive, it is also functional: if the
instrument is struck, the
purfling can
prevent cracking of...
- some of Stradivari's
later violins,
which have
elaborate decorations and
purfling. ****uming that
Stradivari was a
student of Amati, he
would have
begun his...
- to the binding,
which is
called purfling. This
binding serves to seal off the end
grain of the top and back.
Purfling can also
appear on the back of an...
- of his
exegesis Others to
Adorn (1938), book by
Oliver St. John
Gogarty Purfling, a
narrow decorative wooden (sometimes abalone)
strip inlaid into the top...
- oval
sound hole may be
covered or
bordered with
decorative rosettes or
purfling.
Mandolins evolved from lutes, a
family of
instruments in Europe. Predecessors...
- vines, and animals, the
designs conceived by
Stradivari himself. The
purfling is a wide band of
inlaid ivory diamonds and
circles on an
ebony background...
-
Splice Tongue and
groove Profiles Bead
Bevel Chamfer Ogee
Ogive Ovolo Surface piecing Binding Edge
banding Intarsia Marquetry Oystering Parquetry Purfling...
