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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aquitaine, post: 176936, member: 602&quot;]Me again!&nbsp; So whilst &#039;closet digging&#039; came across a bag which I knew had 3 or 4 old violins which are believed to be not worth much.....a friend in an orchestra had them looked at....(I&#039;m still miffed at the dealer who made the <u>bows</u> disappear while his crew was collecting &amp; putting stuff in the van way back then....he was asked/told to leave the bows and violins there!!)&nbsp; Back in the Fifties, on Block Island, we got to know the old timer who made one or two of the violins.....however....I drift.....in the bag I had forgotten there was this blueprint.....no date but printed on it by &#039;Elias Howe Co., Boston&#039; .....the <u>blueprint</u> is of the &quot;Dublin Stradivarius&quot; violin, and has to date somewhere between about 1880 to 1920ish, as that&#039;s about when Elias ran the company in Boston, before he died and his sons took it over in 1895 and made sewing machines (I think).&nbsp; (I&#039;m betting the old timer George was thinking he might want to make that violin!!!!&nbsp; He did a pretty nice job on his!!!!)&nbsp; Just wondering if the blueprint might be anything.&nbsp; I don&#039;t find much information on the net!&nbsp; But <u><b>ALSO</b></u> want to know if there is a way to keep the paper from continuing to split/break on the one end....it&#039;s already torn, but wants to keep tearing when unrolling....even as careful as I try to be.....I know scotch tape is a no-no, but what CAN I do???&nbsp; Thanks for ANY/ALL help as always!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]49171[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]49172[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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