2016年11月26日 星期六

The Art of Purfling


purfle
ˈpəːf(ə)l/
verb
gerund or present participle: purfling
  1. decorate (something) with an ornamental border.
    "close examination of the violin shows that it contains the characteristic purfling"

Purfling - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purfling
Purfling is a narrow decorative edge inlaid into the top plate and often the back plate of a stringed instrument. Inexpensive instruments may have no purfling and instead simulate the appearance with paint. Purfling was originally made of laminated strips of wood, often contrasting in color as a visual accent.

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"The purfling is as much a fingerprint as anything else on the instrument, not just because it can be so characteristic of a school of making, or an individual maker, but especially because it’s so hard to fake."

By James N. McKean The importance and sophistication of purfling—and the dangers of making it in the bathtub of a New York apartment “Water is…
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