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The neck has come violently out of the body of this nice, old French violin due to a fall. The back will have to come off ,the button re-glued and then patched. Then the neck will be reset. It will no doubt re-emerge as a fine violin. Hopefully there will be no trace of the damage- except maybe to the trained eye.
The back has now been taken off and the broken button re-glued to the back(it was still attached to the neck stock from the neck coming out suddenly). Then a patch is fit spanning the break to strengthen the area to hold the tension on the neck set. This patch will be hidden by the ebony ring on the neck stock.
