A quality hardcover reproduction of an early 20th Century violin making classic.This comprehensive work contains invaluable insight into the history, construction and techniques of violin making. It includes many useful diagrams, illustrations, measurements, and varnish recipes.
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This mysteriously authored classic has been a sought after book, long out of print. I wanted to make it available again, reproducing it in a sturdy, quality hardcover edition very close to the original in appearance. It is an essential addition to any personal or professional library that includes information about the violin or musical history.
About the Author
The original cover lists its creator only as "A Master of the Instrument." The preface states, "That this modest volume challenges no criticism, is plain, from the fact that the author is not in search of fame, but aims only to produce a work written in language so plain as to be readily understood by all lovers of the violin, high or low; a book free from ambiguities, and that kind of language which conceals ideas....The author's information has been derivied mainly from his own experience, corroborated by the communications and opinions of many others of such standing as to give high value to their authority. He feels, therefore, that he is justified in placing it, with modest confidence, before those who are in a condition to require it, without any hazard of leading them astray, and with an earnest desire that it may prove useful.
That this little work may enable the inexperienced mechanical amateur to understand the construction of the instrument in a general sense, and that it may also convey such practical information as will render the unskilled purchaser capable of judging intelligently and independently of the merits and demerits of instruments, is the author's fervent wish."
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