Violin Making
A Practical Guide
2nd Edition
Published on 29. July 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-7198-4133-0 (ISBN)
Description
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 varnishing 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 new paperback edition for 2022 leads both amateurs and skilled woodworkers through the delicate and precise techniques, and brings the art of violin making within the reach of all.
More details
Edition
2nd ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Ramsbury
United Kingdom
Illustrations
200 Halftones, color
Dimensions
Height: 257 mm
Width: 208 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
506 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7198-4133-0 (9780719841330)
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Person
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.