Full Description
Drawing on the experience and expertise found in a traditional English repair and restoration shop, the Violin Manual is a fully illustrated guide to the maintenance, repair and restoration of these beautiful instruments. With guidance divided into 'basic', 'intermediate' and 'advanced' sections, this manual will prove valuable to a wide spectrum of people, from violinists who want to do simple maintainance on their own instruments to those wishing to become expert restorers. All violinists will find this book absorbing and enlightening.
Contents
Backgroundthe bow, accessories, materials and tools. Buying a violin: the buyer's toolkit, where to buy, what to look for in a violin, recognising problems, characteristics. Basic maintenance: a guide to looking after your instrument including straightforward maintenance routines. Intermediate maintenance: mixing glue, sound post adjustment, straightening a bridge, re-gluing a plate, peg adjustment, fitting pegs, scratches, fitting an end pin. Advanced maintenance: re-shooting a fingerboard, replacing the nut and saddle, removing a plate, making retouch varnish, cracks, re-gluing the plates. Appendices: standard measurements for violins, tool plans, terminology.
