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Violin Making - a practical guide is for everyone interested in trying this most beautiful of crafts. Topics covered include: a short history of violin making; introduction to choice of materials and design; various stages of making a violin including vamishing and setting up the instrument; table of measurements for violins, violas and cellos, and finally, sections on the baroque violin, folk fiddles and the hardanger. With nearly 200 illustrations, clear step-by-step instruction and a minimum of necessary tools, this book leads both amateurs and skilled woodworkers through the delicate and precise techniques, and brings the art of violin making within the reach of all.
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Juliet Barker went to the Bavarian State School of Violin Making at Mittenwald in 1954. She qualified as a journeyman and set up her own business in Cambridge making and repairing violas. In 1960 Cambridgeshire technical College asked her to start a violin making class - she has taught there ever since. Resident - Cambridge
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Worth considering if you are looking for infomation on how violins are made. The information is clearly presented in an undestandable sequence.
I did find the appendix of measurements at the back, for the violin and other instruments of interest. It is the sort of information that is often lacking and sometimes leaves you scraching your head for.
I did find the appendix of measurements at the back, for the violin and other instruments of interest. It is the sort of information that is often lacking and sometimes leaves you scraching your head for.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The author is a very experienced teacher of amateur violin makers and it shows. This is a much better book than Heron or Wake and more practical than Sacconi. The method is classic Mittenwald and you will produce a good fiddle if you follow it, how good depends on your hand skills.
Format:Hardcover
Many years ago I attended this ladies violin making classes, I always thought she was a leading maker of Cello's but this book is so well detailed and is definitely one of the best books on the subject (I have tried them all). I have had several years go by without working on a violin, but will be continuing to complete a half finished one now I have this book. I think anyone with wood working experience would be able to turn out a good playable model following the step by step instructions.
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