Assertion: violin's body | /r/HasProperty | carved
Facets:
value: originally
type: OTHER
value: from a solid block of wood
type: OTHER
value: usually
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: When the body is complete, the neck, which is carved out of a separate piece of wood (usually maple), is set in its mortise to complete the basic structure of the instrument, after which it is varnished.
text: The body is usually carved or routed to accept the other elements, such as the bridge, pickup, neck, and other electronic components.
text: Originally the body was carved from a solid block of wood, similar to the saz, but upon its arrival in Greece in the early 1910s it was modified by the addition of a staved back borrowed from the Neapolitan mandola, and the top angled in the manner of a Neapolitan mandolins so as to increase the strength of the body to withstand thicker steel strings.