The Health of the Violin, Viola & Cello: Practical Advice on the Acquisition, Maintenance, Adjustment, & Conservation of Bowed Instruments [Paperback]

Lucien Greilsamer (Author), Henry A. Strobel (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0962067342 | ISBN-13: 978-0962067341 | Publication Date: November 1991

Henry Strobel's translation from the original French is the first appearance in English of this classic from 1910. The Strobel books for violin makers are professional, concise, and convenient, reflecting traditional, conservative, and artistic work. Some forty thousand sold, they are used internationally by student, amateur and professional makers in shops and schools, and referred to by manufacturers, sellers, users, and lovers of bowed instruments. High quality 8.5 by 11 in. paperbacks made to lie flat and last on your workbench.

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". . . a great wit and humor about it . . . Strobel's translation is wonderful . . . In addition to his other talents as engineer, luthier, scholar, and author, I believe there must also be something of the poet . . ." -- Robert Lundberg, Master Luthier, in American Lutherie

About the Author

Henry Strobel is the author-publisher of seven books on violin, viola, and cello making, repair, and adjustment, which are used worldwide. He recently published a video Watch Me Make a Cello, Step by Step. Born in Indiana in 1936, he had a first career as an electronic design engineer, and was one of the founders of Digital Telephone Systems, Inc. in California, which manufactured transmission and switching equipment. He served in the US Air Force service in Scotland as a communications officer. He studied violin as a schoolboy, made his first over thirty years ago, and has had his own violin business for twenty years, fifteen at his current full service violin shop in Oregon, where, with his wife and sons, he also makes violins, violas, and cellos, and writes books.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 34 pages
• Publisher: Henry a Strobel (November 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962067342
• ISBN-13: 978-0962067341
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,001,693 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: The Health of the Violin, Viola & Cello: Practical Advice on the Acquisition, Maintenance, Adjustment, & Conservation of Bowed Instruments (Paperback)

Es un buen libro, buen contenido e información. Está dirigido a Luthiers más que a músicos. Hay muchos datos interesantes e ideas para mantener nuestros instrumentos de cuerda "saludables". No debe faltar en la bibilioteca de ningún músico. El diseño es bastante elemental. Es un libro pequeño y escrito a dos columnas. Inglés elemental.