Friday, August 21, 2020

Post 11: Fitting the tuners, assembly and cutting cello shaped "mini-top"

    It took me a good part of the day to fit in the four tuners, and they still don't fit quite right. I will have to cut a notch and double the scroll with an additional 1/8" aluminum piece on each side. But they are functional, and I will test string it as it is.

     I cut the cello shaped "mini-top" out of my last piece of 1/8" aluminum, so here we are for today:


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