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Reddit mentions of The Art of Violin Making

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Reddit mentions: 7

We found 7 Reddit mentions of The Art of Violin Making. Here are the top ones.

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Found 7 comments on The Art of Violin Making:

u/eyesonlybob · 5 pointsr/woodworking

I was briefly enrolled in a violin making program at the University of New Mexico. I already had many years of fine woodworking skills. There are a number of great books though. A classic is The Art of Violin Making A fairly new book is the Manual of Violin Making which I just ordered and am quite eager to check out.

u/ferrioum · 2 pointsr/woodworking

I used the Henry Strobel books, and they worked, but I recently got The Art of Violin Making and it seems to have a lot more information in it, plus the pictures are much better. I also poked around Maestronet and got a good amount of information from there.

u/jrcoop88 · 2 pointsr/woodworking

I am not a luthier or have I ever made a violin but it has been an interest for a while. Besides r/luthier there is musical instrument makers forum as well as this website. lastly the making the violin website recommends this book I’m sure there is more but those are the omes i know of.

u/Luthier42 · 2 pointsr/Luthier

Violin tops an backs are normaly made of one wedge shaped block of wood that is split from a tree, this produces well quartered wood with very little runout. This is then is split down the middle and opened like a book, it is therefore often said that the wood is "bookmatched"

The minimum dimentions i would use of such a wedge for the back or top would be about 380mm long, 225mm wide and about 30mm thick at the tickest edge, this gives you enough spare wood for resawing and jointing, but larger dimentions are fine, and this is the minimum.

The ribs are normaly made from rough pieces that are about 2mm thick, 40mm wide and of adequate length.

I do recomend you get a good book though http://www.amazon.com/The-Violin-Making-Chris-Johnson/dp/0709058764 this book is very good, it may seem expensive, but it is worth every cent. You can also check if your lokal libraries has some violin making litterature.

u/bazzage · 2 pointsr/violinist

Here is a slide show with commentary, on making a viola by Michael Darnton.

Strobel's "Useful Measurements for Violin Makers" has dimensional data.

Johnson and Courtnall is pricier, and has a nice scroll pattern.

Make sure you can sharpen your tools well enough to shave a gnat's butt. There is more to it, but that is a start...

u/obscured_by_turtles · 1 pointr/Luthier

Violin making is a centuries old craft and it has been very well documented. There's a lot of material if you look in the right places. Everything is done for a well established reason.

For example

https://www.amazon.ca/Art-Violin-Making-Chris-Johnson/dp/0709058764

Don't forget that people make bows, too.

u/RemingtonMolybdenum · 1 pointr/Luthier

If you're talking about violins then this one, co-written by two English makers, is excellent. For bass (upright) the best one I know of is this one by Chuck Traeger. If you're talking about guitars, then I have nothing to offer, sorry.