but mitred and reinforced on the inside with cloth strips
This method was used on many instruments, plucked and bowed. Nowadays
we can see it on classical guitars.
On this case we do not use a mold, but neither are the ribs built "in the air".
We first make the back of the instrument and cut a groove to glue the ribs in.
These are inserted in the groove on the back and in the neck.
It has no corner blocks, and the corners are very long to have enough glueing
surface for the ribs.
Strips of linen are used as reinforcement.
The instrument before being varnished.
We can see the long corners and inlay/purfling decoration tipical of the Alemanische Schule