txtCommentary={\f1 Purfling.} The ornamental border around the edges of a {\uldb string}{\v 97871} {\uldb instrument}{\v 84565} is known as purfling. Made of inlaid ebony, it acts as a decorative outline of the shape. More importantly, the thin lines of ebony stop any small cracks on the edges from traveling\par inward. {\fs24\uldb\'80}{\v next}