Guardians of the Bass Bar

How painful it is to see the bass bar mushed into the fragile top of a new violin. Actually, the maker has to be very careful not to let the crocodile clamps press down too hard or the top could be distorted. To insure the safe clamping, I invoked the aid of the Kitty-Sprites who are known to protect anything from anyone or anyone from anything. The violin is a 7/8th size instrument which is being made for Ann Guinee, wee wizard of Seattle.