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The Making of Stringed Instruments: A Workshop Guide
Experience the joy of making music in a whole new way—from choosing the wood to playing the last note. More than 500 illustrations and a straightforward text explain every stage of crafting stringed instruments, including detailed plans and instructions for constructing a violin, cello, jazz guitar, mandolin and more.
208 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1990
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September 24, 2011
This book fails in the "enable any idiot to make a Stradavarius violin!" department. At one point it simply instructs the reader to carve the violin top until it's "the right shape," or something like that. Incompletely helpful, that's certain.
On the other hand it's a little liberating. We all know my first violin won't be a Stradavarius, no matter how carefully someone instructs me in the carving of the top. So this is cool: go for it, Adan, hack away, take some notes on what you did, and we'll see what happens.
The illustrations are great: lovely line drawings, component plans, production flowcharts. Great stuff.
On the other hand it's a little liberating. We all know my first violin won't be a Stradavarius, no matter how carefully someone instructs me in the carving of the top. So this is cool: go for it, Adan, hack away, take some notes on what you did, and we'll see what happens.
The illustrations are great: lovely line drawings, component plans, production flowcharts. Great stuff.
Displaying 1 of 1 review