Cello Making, Step by Step (Book Six of the Strobel Series for Violin Makers)

Henry A. Strobel

ISBN 10: 0962067377 / ISBN 13: 9780962067372

Published by Henry a Strobel, 1995

About this Item

second edition 1996 edition. 62 pages. 11.00x8.75x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 0962067377

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cello Making, Step by Step (Book Six of the Strobel Series for Violin Makers)
• Publisher: Henry a Strobel
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0962067377
• ISBN 13: 9780962067372
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.2 kilograms

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Synopsis

A"sequel" to and builds on Violin Making, Step by Step. Full size drawings for the 4/4 (755 mm) cello and its inside mold. The process of making a master cello, including some alternate tools and techniques, is described in detail and illustrated with numerous photographs. This new (third) edition also includes full size drawings, measurements, etc. for a 7/8 "Guadagnini" cello.

The Strobel books for violin makers are professional, concise, and convenient, reflecting traditional, conservative, and artistic work. Some forty thousand sold, they are use 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.

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.