Useful Measurements for Violin Makers: A Reference For Shop Use

Strobel, Henry A.

ISBN 10: 0962067326 / ISBN 13: 9780962067327

Published by Henry a Strobel, 1989

Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects. Seller Inventory # G14P-00060

Synopsis:

This classic handbook is a standard reference for violin, viola, bass, and bows, all sizes. Size and adjustment. Tables, text, diagrams. Concise, objective explanations. Bridge templates. Illustrated, with select bibliography. Cross reference of 200 violin terms in four languages. For anyone working with bowed instruments. The Strobel books for violin makers are professional, concise, and convenient, reflecting traditional, conservative, and artistic work. Some forty thousand sold, they are used 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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Useful Measurements for Violin Makers: A ...
Publisher: Henry a Strobel
Publication Date: 1989
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New
Edition: 5th or later Edition