At the beginning of the year, in their Tools and Shops issue, Fine Woodworking included a short piece about some violin-making planes that I had made. Since then, several people have asked about them, and how they are constructed. A recent request prompted me into writing down some instructions and, in the hope that they…
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Posts about violin making written by Christopher Martyn
Two lines run like a river, all the way through the violin’s edge. It is called purfling and, although small, is an authentic piece of art. Beautifully crafted, the purfling serves a dual role: ➖Practical, to keep your instrument together, literally. ➖And aesthetic. A precise purfling is a charm on the violin!
Bass making book by Peter Chandler, for building an upright string double bass | Lemuel Violins
Aspects of the violin maker's art, tonewoods, tools and processes in the violin shop, including some examples of violin maker Jamie Herrmann's draftsmanship, and some images taken in the violin shop for more esthetic reasons.
Pictures are better than words when it comes to describing how to make something. So yesterday, I made a curved sole finger plane, keeping a camera within reach to record each step. I hope these photographs will be a useful supplement to the written instructions in my last post. Read across the rows to stay…
In this film, we enter the shop of Andrew Carruthers to experience the craft and art of violin making. As his new instruments are played by a violinist in th...
Amazon.com: The Art of Violin Making: 9780709058762: Chris Johnson: Books
Violin Making: This series follows Derek Roberts as he makes a violin in the traditional way.
At the Easter Instrument Making Course at West Dean this year, I had the pleasure of meeting Wouter Hilhorst, who was making a viola. Apart from admiring the precision and delicacy of his work, I was also interested to see that he had made his own planes, 2 of which were in the Japanese style.…
Like a fingerprint, the purfling highlights each maker’s abilities. It fits snugly into its channel with no sign of any filler, although there are several unconcealed gaps where the purflings do not quite meet in the corner mitres.
Violin making is a kind of art born in Cremona Italy from Antonio Stradivari. Here is one of the two violinmakers in Greece, Dimitris Karaoglanis.
Violin making competitions are held annually all over the world where luthiers and violinmakers can display their skills at making fine violins and other fine stringed instruments.
The Fussen School of Violin Making in Bavaria is famous for producing fine violins and fine violinmakers using maple, spruce and yew wood.
Welcome to Geigenbau online, the web-based violin making experience clearly explained:
Violin Making Project - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free.
Part 2 of our Turin series by Philip J. Kass: the Guadagnini family
Violin Making; 'The Strad' Library, No. IX., is a classical book and has been considered important throughout the human history. So that this book is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this again in a modern format book for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
