The Art of Violin Making:

a major reference book about the history, design, and construction of the Violin

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The Art of Violin Making

   Here are some of the many comments made by reviewers of The Art of Violin Making

ISBN: 0 7090 68764 Format: 210 mm x 297 mm Number of pages: 256

Illustrations: 279 black & white, 30 colour, 160 technical drawings

If you have any difficulty obtaining a copy, contact the publisher direct (Robert Hale Ltd).

Yehudi Menuhin said: "This very comprehensive treatise on an art cherished as much by the professional as by the amateur, will be greatly acclaimed by both. Exhaustive in its detailed exposition of the actual process of construction, and beautifully illustrated, it carries the inspiration and authority of the commitment to perfection." (Read more of Yehudi Menuhin's Foreword)

 

"Clear, logical and undogmatic. A major contribution to violin making." The Strad

 

"A splendid production...scholarly, comprehensive and beautifully illustrated." Sir David Willcocks CBE, MC (conductor, composer and teacher)

 

"By far the best written and most copiously illustrated violin-making book ever written...a great book." American Lutherie

The Art of Violin Making is published in the United Kingdom by Robert Hale Ltd, 45 Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R OHT. Tel: 0171 251 2661 Fax: 0171 490 4958

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