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Roy Courtnall

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Arthur E. Overholtzer:  Classic Guitar Making

Book Description: Chico, CA: Lawrence A. Brock, 1974. Soft Cover. Very Good. 324 pages. Black and white photographs. First printing. A few small stains on back cover. Including 264 photographs and 108 detailed drawings by the author, many full-size.

Price USA $ 160.00 including shipping worldwide.

Very Rare!  Available now!

 

 

        Making Master Guitars           

The Art of Violin Making

  La Fabrication des Guitares Classiques     

                                       are available direct from me, the author - ask for details.

 

 

The following used books are currently available for the collector:

GUITAR:

Classic Guitar Construction by I. Sloane (hardback) Dutton & Co. 1966                                  £25.00

The Story of the Spanish Guitar by A.P. Sharpe (hardback)  Clifford Essex Music Co. 1966       £20.00  

The Making of Stringed Musical Instruments by George Buchanan (hardback) Batsford 1989              £40.00

 

VIOLIN:

CD-ROM:  The Art of Modern Violin Making   by Ricardo B. Flores       more information

The History of the Violin - Its Ancestors and Collateral Instruments) by E.Van Der Straeten (hardback); Cassell 1933  With 48 Plates and numerous illustrations; 416 pages                                                                  £70.00

You Can Make a Stradivarius Violin   by J. Reid (hardback);  William Lewis & Son 1967      (includes 8 large sheets of fullsize plans for the violin, the mould, and many specialised violin makers' tools)   Very Rare Copy     £45.00

The Making of Stringed Musical Instruments by George Buchanan (hardback) Batsford 1989                  £40.00

 

OTHER BOOKS:

A Survey of Musical Instruments by Sibyl Marcuse (hardback) David & Charles 1975                   £40.00

The Complete Manual of Wood Finishing by F. Oughton  (softback) Stobart & Son 1982             £10.00

The Sitar Manual for the Western Musician by Clem Alford (hardback) KPMusic 1973   SOLD          

Making Folk Instruments in Wood by Dennis Waring (softback)Sterling Publishing 1979             £25.00

The Making of Stringed Musical Instruments by George Buchanan (hardback) Batsford 1989                  £40.00

The Musical Instruments of the Native Races of South Africa by P.R.Kirby (hardback) Witwatersrand University Press1968 A rare ,substantial, and scholarly reference book of over 300 pages plus many photographic plates of the instruments in their cultural context. Good condition, with dustjacket.   read more about this book                                                        £150.00

 

      Please contact me for details of how to buy, and also if you have books you wish to sell.

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