The Amateur Wind Instrument Maker - Softcover

Robinson, Trevor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870233122 ISBN 13: 9780870233128

Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press, 1981

Synopsis

In The Amateur Wind Instrument Maker, Trevor Robinson provides clear, practical instructions for building a wide variety of wind instruments using materials and tools accessible to the dedicated amateur. Beginning with an introduction to the principles of wind instrument design and the basic woodworking materials required, Robinson proceeds through detailed plans and step-by-step guidance for constructing instruments including flutes and fifes, recorders, clarinets, shawms, and oboes, among others. Each chapter combines historical context with hands-on instruction, offering dimensions, bore specifications, tone hole placement, and finishing techniques that allow the builder to produce genuinely playable instruments. 

Compact and accessibly written, the revised edition of The Amateur Wind Instrument Maker remains a foundational reference in the field of amateur instrument building, enabling generations of amateur builders to craft their own instruments, from straightforward projects suitable for beginners to more demanding undertakings for experienced woodworkers.

 

About this title

About the Author

TREVOR ROBINSON is the author of The Organic Constituents of Higher Plants: Their Chemistry and Interrelationships (1963) and wrote the first edition of The Amateur Wind Instrument Maker in 1973. The breadth of Robinson's published work reflects an unusually wide-ranging curiosity and expertise, encompassing both the natural sciences and the practical arts of instrument craft.
 

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870233122
• ISBN 13: 9780870233128
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128