Violin Manual
How to assess, buy, set-up and maintain your violin
Published on 5. September 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
152 pages
978-1-78521-259-8 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on the experience and expertise found in a traditional English repair and restoration shop, the Violin Manual is a fully illustrated guide to the maintenance, repair and restoration of these beautiful instruments. With guidance divided into 'basic', 'intermediate' and 'advanced' sections, this manual will prove valuable to a wide spectrum of people, from violinists who want to do simple maintainance on their own instruments to those wishing to become expert restorers. All violinists will find this book absorbing and enlightening.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Somerset
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Haynes Publishing Group
Illustrations
300 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 270 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
515 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78521-259-8 (9781785212598)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
John Gosling studied violin making, restoration and repair at Newark School of Violin Making. He then started Chapel Violins workshop in Newark and soon after opened his own school there, offering a variety of repair and restoration courses, training students to a professional level. Marcus Corrie studied astrophysics at Leicester University and then went into the computer gaming industry. After studying violin making in his spare time, he decided to change career, took a full-time course at the Newark School and in 2010 joined Chapel Violins, where he works in the workshop.
Content
Background: the violin and the makers, anatomy of the violin, anatomy of the bow, accessories, materials and tools. Buying a violin: the buyer's toolkit, where to buy, what to look for in a violin, recognising problems, characteristics. Basic maintenance: a guide to looking after your instrument including straightforward maintenance routines. Intermediate maintenance: mixing glue, sound post adjustment, straightening a bridge, re-gluing a plate, peg adjustment, fitting pegs, scratches, fitting an end pin. Advanced maintenance: re-shooting a fingerboard, replacing the nut and saddle, removing a plate, making retouch varnish, cracks, re-gluing the plates. Appendices: standard measurements for violins, tool plans, terminology.