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The violin and the art of its construction: a treatise on the Stradivarius violin

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The treatise offers practical, step-by-step guidance on making, repairing, and caring for violins, grounded in the author's decades of workshop experience and admiration for Stradivarius. It begins with selection and properties of woods, then proceeds through construction details—ribs, back, belly, arching, purfling, thicknessing, f-holes, bass-bar, neck, fingerboard, and dimensions—and continues with fittings such as pegs, bridge, tailpiece, sound-post, and strings. Final chapters address varnish, cleaning, maintenance, and bow construction, combining technical measurements with hands-on tips for professional makers and informed amateurs.

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Title: The violin and the art of its construction: a treatise on the Stradivarius violin

Author: August Riechers

Release date: July 20, 2022 [eBook #68575]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: Germany: Franz Wunder, 1895

Credits: The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE VIOLIN AND THE ART OF ITS CONSTRUCTION: A TREATISE ON THE STRADIVARIUS VIOLIN ***

THE VIOLIN
AND THE ART OF ITS CONSTRUCTION.

A Treatise on the Stradivarius Violin

by

AUGUST RIECHERS,

Bow and Violin Maker.


[Copyright of the German and English Editions.]


With four lithographed plates.


GOETTINGEN.
CARL SPIELMEYER’S NACHFOLGER.
FRANZ WUNDER.
1895.

Copyright entered at Stationers Hall, London.