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The following table is intended to show basic features and indications and should not be considered absolute or exhaustive. Generally the table of an instrument is the part that has to be replaced in the case of significant restorations, although it can be that a particularly fine instrument is divided to augment the status of mediocre ones by substituting parts.
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Poorly matched arching on the back or front with those of the original plate is a clear indication that an instrument could be considered a Composite piece |
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Often restorers have difficulty in matching the materials used for purfling inlay (following the outline edge) by a particular maker with those of the replacement table/back |
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Accurate measurements of the back (as illustrated by this link) applied also to the front can indicate discrepancies that point to a later top or back. (Take care to work around the tailpiece, bridge, strings and fingerboard without disturbing them. In ideal circumstances, the use of string is advised for measuring tops) |
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Significant discolouration of the top or back of an instrument, in relation to the remainder of the body, MAY reveal, or at least support a contention, that the part in question is a replacement but other indications would need to be taken into account. |
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