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= BOOKS =
3 D FOTOS ALTER MEISTERGEIGEN............................................................................................................... 7
1993 ILLUSTRATED YEARBOOK OF STRINGED INSTRUMENTS...................................................................... 2
1994 ILLUSRATED YEARBOOK OF STRINGED INSTRUMENTS........................................................................ 2
1995 ILLUSRATED YEARBOOK OF STRINGED INSTRUMENTS........................................................................ 2
1997 ILLUSRATED YEARBOOK OF STRINGED INSTRUMENTS........................................................................ 2
A CENTURY OF ITALIAN VIOLIN MAKING. 1860-1960. VOL.II...................................................................... 2
A CENTURY OF ITALIAN VIOLIN MAKING VOL. I............................................................................................ 2
A LIVING LEGACY: HISTORIC STRINGED INSTRUMENTS AT THE JULLIARD SCHOOL...................................... 7
A LUTHIERS SCRAPBOOK.............................................................................................................................. 9
AMATEUR FIDDLE MAKERS QUESTION AND ANSWERS................................................................................ 9
ANCIENT LUTHIERS CRAFT IN GORZIA, THE PELIZON FAMILY....................................................................... 5
ANDREA AMATAI OPERA OMNIA - LES VIOLONS DU ROI............................................................................. 3
ANDREA AMATI AND THE BIRTH OF THE VIOLIN 1505-2005........................................................................ 6
…AND THEY MADE VIOLINS IN CREMONA FROM RENAISSANCE TO ROMANTIC ERA................................. 3
ANTONIA STRADIVARI, REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS................................................................................... 2
ANTONIO STRADIVARI.................................................................................................................................. 7
ANTONIO STRADIVARI, HIS LIFE AND WORK................................................................................................ 5
ART AND METHOD OF THE VIOLIN MAKER.................................................................................................. 8
AUGUSTO E GAETANO POLLASTRI, LIUTAI IN BOLOGNA 1877-1960............................................................ 6
BENJAMIN BANKS - SALISBURY VIOLIN MAKER............................................................................................ 2
BRANCESCO BISSOLOTTI.............................................................................................................................. 3
CAPICCHIONI - LIFE AND WORKS OF VIOLINMAKERS MARINO AND MARIO............................................... 9
CAPOLAVARI DI ANDREA AMATI................................................................................................................... 3
CELESTE FAROTTI - PORTRAIT OF A VIOLINMAKER...................................................................................... 4
CELLO MAKING STEP-BY-STEP....................................................................................................................... 8
CENTENARY CELEBRATION........................................................................................................................... 8
CESARE CANDI LIUTISTA............................................................................................................................... 3
COUNT COZIO OF SALABUE.......................................................................................................................... 2
DER WIENER GEIGENBAUM 19. AND 20. JAHRHUNDERT............................................................................ 7
DEUTSCHE BOGENMACHER......................................................................................................................... 5
DICTIONARY OF STRING INSTRUMENT TERMS............................................................................................. 4
DICTIONARY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY ITALIAN VIOLINMAKERS................................................................. 2
DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN AND BOW MAKERS................................................................................................ 5
DICTIONNAIRE UNIVERSEL DES LUTHIERS VOL. I-II...................................................................................... 9
DOMENICO MONTAGNANA......................................................................................................................... 4
FERDINANDO GARIMBERTI.......................................................................................................................... 5
FOUR CENTURIES OF VIOLINMAKING - FINE INSTRUMENTS FROM THE SOTHEBY’S ARCHIVE.................... 6
FRANCOIS-XAVIER TOURTE BOWMAKER...................................................................................................... 9
FURTHER BASIC STRING REPAIRS.................................................................................................................. 2
GAETANO E PIETRO SGARABOTO - VIOLIN MAKERS 1878-1990................................................................... 4
G.B. GUADAGNINI........................................................................................................................................ 7
GUIDE D’ENTRETIEN D’UN INSTRUMENT A CORDES.................................................................................... 10
GUISEPPE GUARNERI DEL GESU................................................................................................................... 4
HOW MANY STRADS?................................................................................................................................... 4
HOW TO IMPROVE THE RESONANCE CONDITIONS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS BY
VIBRATION-DEDAMPING.............................................................................................................................. 8
HOW TO MAKE A DOUBLE BASS................................................................................................................... 9
I CAPOLAVORI CREMONESI DELLA ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.................................................................. 7
I CENTENARI DEI GUARNERI 1698-1998....................................................................................................... 5
IL DNA AMATI............................................................................................................................................... 3
IL LIUTAIO..................................................................................................................................................... 6
I MAESTRI DEL NOVOCENTO........................................................................................................................ 9
IN REMBRANCE OF ANSALDO POGGI........................................................................................................... 7
ITALIAN AND FRENCH VIOLINMAKERS......................................................................................................... 9
ITALIAN VIOLINMAKING IN ARGENTINA....................................................................................................... 8
ITALIENISCHE VIOLIEN DES. 18 JAHRHUNDERTS.......................................................................................... 5
JACOB STAINER............................................................................................................................................. 5
JEAN-BAPTISTE VUILLAUME: HISTORY OF THE PARISIAN VIOLINMAKING FROM THE
18TH CENTURY TO 1960. VOL.III.................................................................................................................. 6
JOSEPH GUARNERIUS, HIS WORK AND MASTER.......................................................................................... 7
KNOWN VIOLIN MAKERS.............................................................................................................................. 4
KNOWN VIOLIN MAKERS - UPDATED EDITION............................................................................................. 4
LA BOTTEGA DEI VIOLINI CARLETTI.............................................................................................................. 3
LA CASA NUZIALE......................................................................................................................................... 2
L’ARCHET....................................................................................................................................................... 6
L’ARCHET AU DE MUSICORA......................................................................................................................... 9
LE CELEBRAZIONE STRADIVARIANE A CREMONA 1937-1949....................................................................... 3
LER TRESORS DE LA LUTHERIE FRANCAIS DU 19EME SIECLE........................................................................ 9
L’ESPOSIZIONE DI LIUTERIA ANTICA A CREMONA NEL 1937........................................................................ 6
LES VIOLONS HOTEL DE VILLES DE PARIS...................................................................................................... 6
LIUTAI PIEMONTESI DA PRESSENDA A FAGNOLA......................................................................................... 7
LIUTERIA IN TOSCANO.................................................................................................................................. 9
LIUTERIA ITALIANA, DELL OTTOCENTO E DEL NOVOCENTO......................................................................... 2
LIUTERIA ITALIANA INEDITA.......................................................................................................................... 2
MARINO CAPICCHIONI E MARIO CAPICCHIONI LIUTAI................................................................................. 8
MEISTER ITAIENSCHIER GEIGENBAUKUNST - MASTER ITALIAN VIOLINMAKERS.......................................... 5
MODERN VIOLINMAKING IN THE EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGION.................................................................... 4
MOSTRA DI STRADIVARI - STRESSA - 1963................................................................................................... 6
MY REAL WORLD VIOLIN SHOP.................................................................................................................... 8
email: [email protected]
PRACTICAL ACOUSTICS OF INSTRUMENTS OF THE VIOLIN FAMILY.............................................................. 6
PRS PERSOIT................................................................................................................................................. 3
RARE ITALIAN VIOLINS, VIOLAS, AND VIOLON-CELLOS FROM THE EMIL HERMANN COLLECTION.............. 6
RENATA KOECKERT STRINGED INSTRUMENTS.............................................................................................. 7
SETUP AND REPAIR OF THE DOUBLE BASS FOR OPTIMUM SOUND............................................................. 8
SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF VIOLINMAKING.................................................................... 8
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE A DOUBLE BASS.................................................................................................... 3
STEFANO SCARAMPELLA.............................................................................................................................. 8
STRAD CELLO PLANS..................................................................................................................................... 9
STRADIVARI E LA LIUTERIA CREMONESE DALL URSS.................................................................................... 8
STRADIVARI, THE VIOLIN AND THE GOLDEN NUMBER................................................................................. 3
STRING REPAIR FOR BAND INSTRUMENT REPAIR TECHNICIANS.................................................................. 4
TECHNIQUES OF VIOLINMAKING.................................................................................................................. 10
THE ART OF BOWMAKING............................................................................................................................ 6
THE ART OF VIOLINMAKING......................................................................................................................... 2
THE ART OF VIOLIN RETOUCHING - LAYERS, COLORS AND DEPTH............................................................... 4
THE BOW, ITS HISTORY, MANUFACTURE AND USE....................................................................................... 5
THE BOWMAKERS OF THE PECCATTE FAMILY............................................................................................... 3
THE BRITISH VIOLIN...................................................................................................................................... 3
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN VIOLIN: 1775-1825.......................................................................... 5
THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO BOWS OF THE VIOLIN FAMILY............................................................................. 9
THE GREAT RUSSIAN COLLECTION: THE STAT COLLECTION OF UNIQUE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.............. 7
THE HEALTH OF THE VIOLIN, VIOLA, AND CELLO.......................................................................................... 4
THE LATE CREMONESE VIOLINMAKERS........................................................................................................ 3
THE LUTHIERS OF THE MARCHES................................................................................................................. 4
THE MEISEL FAMILY - VIOLINMAKERS KLINGENTHAL, VOGTLAND, SAXONY................................................ 6
THE RED BOOK - 2004 EDITION.................................................................................................................... 4
THE RED BOOK - 2009 EDITION.................................................................................................................... 4
THE SECRETS OF STRADIVARI....................................................................................................................... 8
THE TRAVELS OF J.B. GUADAGNINI.............................................................................................................. 5
THE VIOLIN COLLECTION OF THE TOWN HALL, CREMONA.......................................................................... 9
THE VIOLIN - ITS HISTORY AND MAKING...................................................................................................... 7
THE VIOLIN MAKERS OF THE GUARNERI FAMILY.......................................................................................... 6
THE VIOLNMAKER CESARE CANDI AND PAGANINI’S VIOLIN........................................................................ 7
THE VOLLER BOTHERS.................................................................................................................................. 4
THREE SONS OF THE LANGHE...................................................................................................................... 6
TOURTE LE JEUNE, LONDON EXHIBITION CATALOG..................................................................................... 3
TWENTIETH CENTURY LOMBARD VIOLIN-MAKING...................................................................................... 6
USEFUL MEASUREMENTS FOR VIOLIN MAKERS........................................................................................... 8
VARNISHES AND THE MOST CURIOUS SECRETS........................................................................................... 3
VIOLA MAKING PLANS.................................................................................................................................. 10
VIOLA MAKING STEP-BY-STEP....................................................................................................................... 8
VIOLIN BOW REHAIR AND REPAIRS.............................................................................................................. 10
VIOLIN MAKER’S NOTEBOOK........................................................................................................................ 8
VIOLIN MAKERS OF HUNGARY..................................................................................................................... 2
VIOLINMAKERS OF THE GERMAN SCHOOL.................................................................................................. 5
VIOLINMAKERS OF THE GUARNERI FAMILY.................................................................................................. 5
VIOLINMAKING............................................................................................................................................. 7
VIOLINMAKING IN SCOTLAND: 1750-1950................................................................................................... 7
VIOLIN MAKING STEP-BY-STEP..................................................................................................................... 8
VIOLIN RESTORATION: A MANUAL FOR VIOLINMAKERS.............................................................................. 10
VIOLINS, VUILLAUME................................................................................................................................... 9
VIOLIN VARNISHES....................................................................................................................................... 5
VOGTLANDISCHER GEIGENBAU VOL. I......................................................................................................... 10
VOGTLANDISCHER GEIGENBAU VOL. II........................................................................................................ 10
W.E. HILL AND SONS, A TRIBUTE.................................................................................................................. 5
XI CONCORSO TRIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE DEGLI STRUMENTI AD ARCO - ANTONIO STRADIVARI.......... 9
YOU CAN MAKE A STRADIVARIUS VIOLIN..................................................................................................... 7
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1993 ILLUSTRATED YEARBOOK OF STRINGED
INSTRUMENTS
1994 ILLUSRATED YEARBOOK OF STRINGED
INSTRUMENTS
1995 ILLUSRATED YEARBOOK OF STRINGED
INSTRUMENTS
1997 ILLUSRATED YEARBOOK OF STRINGED
INSTRUMENTS
Amighetti, C.
Amighetti, C.
Amighetti, C.
Amighetti, C.
English and Italian. 104 pp.
English and Italian. 125 pp.
English and Italian. 176 pp.
206 pp.
$ 55.00 NET
Item #
A100
LIUTERIA ITALIANA, DELL OTTOCENTO E DEL
NOVOCENTO
Azzolina, Umberto
1988, 344 pp, photos, illustrations. English &
Italian.
$ 53.00 NET
Item #
A101
Item #
A102
LIUTERIA ITALIANA INEDITA
ANTONIA STRADIVARI, REPORTS AND
DOCUMENTS
Azzolina, Umberto
1991, 370 pp., photos, illustrations. English &
Italian.
$ 320.00 NET
Item #
A105
COUNT COZIO OF SALABUE
DICTIONARY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY
ITALIAN VIOLINMAKERS
Violin making and collecting in Piedmont.
$ 258.00 NET
Item #
B119
A CENTURY OF ITALIAN VIOLIN MAKING VOL. I
A CENTURY OF ITALIAN VIOLIN MAKING.
1860-1960. VOL.II
Blot, Eric.
Violinmakers who have worked in the region
which includes towns like Bologna, Modena,
Reggio-Emilio, Cesena, Ravenna...
1995, 340 pp, 353 illustrations. English & Italian
$ 348.00 NET
Item #
B124
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LA CASA NUZIALE
VIOLIN MAKERS OF HUNGARY
Benedek, P.
English - 1962.
1997, 450 pp., 940 photographs & illustrations.
English &?German
$ 60.00 NET
toll-free order line: 800.633.2302
$ 300.00 NET
Item #
B123
BENJAMIN BANKS - SALISBURY VIOLIN MAKER
FURTHER BASIC STRING REPAIRS
Cooper
Burgen, A.
A good addition to the knowledge of English
makers. Hard cover, many photos.
Soft cover. 1996 revised edition. Good book.
$ 375.00 NET
Item #
B125
$ 140.00 NET
Item #
A108
Item #
B121
Blot, Eric.
Step-by-step approach to making a violin. 234
pp.
Baruzzi/Hill
$ 48.00 NET
Item #
A109
THE ART OF VIOLINMAKING
C. Johnson & R. Courtnall
$ 39.00 NET
Item #
A107
Marlin Brinsler
$ 66.00 NET
Item #
A103
First translation into English of 1937 work. 1999.
$ 320.00 NET
Item #
A104
Giovanni Accornero, Ivan Epicoco, & Ealdo Guerci.
$ 64.00 NET
$ 72.00 NET
Item #
B128
$ 29.00 NET
Item #
B130
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fRANCESCO BISSOLOTTI
THE BRITISH VIOLIN
by his son, Mario Bissolotti
British Violin Making Association
Softcover, larger format. Italian and English. Very
informative text about this Cremona maker, with
beautiful color photography of many instruments,
tables of measurements, etc.
2000, 416 pp., photos. Wonderfully illustrated.
$ 78.00 NET
Item #
B131
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STRADIVARI, THE VIOLIN AND THE GOLDEN
NUMBER
LE CELEBRAZIONE STRADIVARIANE A
CREMONA 1937-1949
Brooks & Degrotte
1996, 276 pp. English & Italian
Accurate copies of molds used by Stradivari. 59
illustrations. 162 pp. 2005.
$ 383.00 NET
$ 325.00 NET
Item #
B133
Item #
B136
CAPOLAVARI DI ANDREA AMATI
VARNISHES AND THE MOST CURIOUS SECRETS
1991, 96 pp. Italian text, partial English
translation.
First English translation of this 1747 varnish
Recipe collection from Cremona. Original text
in Italian and French also included. Essay by L.
Colombo, chemist and collaborator with Sacconi.
A wonderful book!
…AND THEY MADE VIOLINS IN CREMONA
FROM RENAISSANCE TO ROMANTIC ERA
$ 42.00 NET
Item #
C145
Item #
C144
2000, 222 pp., illustrated. English & Italian
$ 65.00 NET
$ 60.00 NET
THE LATE CREMONESE VIOLINMAKERS
A closer look at the Cremona makers after Carlo
Bergonzi.
$ 113.00 NET
Item #
C148
Item #
C149
CESARE CANDI LIUTISTA
$ 420.00 NET
Item #
C150
THE BOWMAKERS OF THE PECCATTE FAMILY
PRS PERSOIT
P. Childs
P. Childs
Gabriele Carletti
The reference on this exalted, but controversial
family of bowmakers.
A reprint and update from the 1st edition,
including the origin of the PRS brandstamp and 46
bows by Persoit.
The Carletti’s Violinmaking Workshop
$ 188.00 NET
Item #
C151
$ 102.00 NET
LA BOTTEGA DEI VIOLINI CARLETTI
$ 170.00 NET
$ 218.00 NET
Item #
C152
Item #
C153
Item #
C154
IL DNA AMATI
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE A DOUBLE BASS
Edited by Fausto Cacciatori, Bruce Carlson, &
Carlo Chiesa.
Peter Chandler
ANDREA AMATAI OPERA OMNIA - LES
VIOLONS DU ROI
TOURTE LE JEUNE, LONDON EXHIBITION
CATALOG
P. Childs
The Amati’s DNA - A Dynasty of Stringed
Instrument Makers in Cremona.
$ 95.00 NET
Item #
C155
$ 225.00 NET
Item #
C156
email: [email protected]
$ 135.00 NET
Item #
C157
$ 75.00 NET
Item #
C160
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DICTIONARY OF STRING INSTRUMENT TERMS
DOMENICO MONTAGNANA
HOW MANY STRADS?
THE VOLLER BOTHERS
1995, 246 pp. German & English.
Carlson, Cacciatore &?Newmann
Doring
John Dilworth, John Fairfax, & John Milnes
Over 200 pages, beautifully done and a “must”
for any library. The long-awaited authoritative on
this maker.
New edition of classic, long out of print, and
most expensive Collector’s item; until now selling
at auction for over $1,500.00, at times! This is
larger than the original format, new information.
Important book.
$ 71.00 NET
$ 113.00 NET
$ 204.00 NET
Item #
D101
Item #
D102
Item #
D103
MODERN VIOLINMAKING IN THE EMILIAROMAGNA REGION
STRING REPAIR FOR BAND INSTRUMENT
REPAIR TECHNICIANS
THE ART OF VIOLIN RETOUCHING - LAYERS,
COLORS AND DEPTH
Salabue edition. A very fine new book. 300 pages.
Richard H. Ervin
Epp, Bryan
Item #
D104
Item #
E108
$ 30.00 NET
Item #
E110
$ 40.00 NET
Item #
F100
CELESTE FAROTTI - PORTRAIT OF A
VIOLINMAKER
THE RED BOOK - 2009 EDITION
KNOWN VIOLIN MAKERS
KNOWN VIOLIN MAKERS - UPDATED EDITION
Fairfield, John
Fairfield, John
Completely updated annually.
Latest edition of this standard reference with
updated information. Now out of print; few
copies left!!
7th edition with updated prices.
Item #
F104
THE HEALTH OF THE VIOLIN, VIOLA, AND
CELLO
GAETANO E PIETRO SGARABOTO - VIOLIN
MAKERS 1878-1990
Greilsamer/Strobel
160 pp., 150 color pages. Just 990 copies printed.
English & Italian text.
With figures, plates, tables.
$ 12.00 NET
Item #
G101
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New edition with unedited photos.
$ 38.00 NET
Item #
F104-7
$ 78.00 NET
Item #
F105
GUISEPPE GUARNERI DEL GESU
THE LUTHIERS OF THE MARCHES
Chiessa, Dilworth, Hargrave, Pollens, Rosengard
and Wen
First translation of 1935 work by Gabrielli. 1999.
From Biddulph, London, 1998.
$ 198.00 NET
Item #
G102
Inviglia
DISCONTINUED
$ 34.00 NET
Item #
F100-09
$ 75.00 NET
Item #
E111
Donald Cohen
$ 75.00 NET
THE RED BOOK - 2004 EDITION
Florence, Thomas
2004
Basic setup and repair of student line and school
orchestral strings.
$ 435.00 NET
$ 195.00 NET
$ 930.00 NET
Item #
G103
$ 39.00 NET
Item #
G104
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ANCIENT LUTHIERS CRAFT IN GORZIA, THE
PELIZON FAMILY
Cossar
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DEUTSCHE BOGENMACHER
THE TRAVELS OF J.B. GUADAGNINI
I CENTENARI DEI GUARNERI 1698-1998
Vol. I, 1783-1945. Vol. II, 1945-2000, many
photos. English & German. Set.
Cremora, 1999. Hard cover, 128 pp. English and
Italian text, fine photography.
Soft cover edition.
First English translation of 1939 work by Cossar.
Soft cover, 1999.
$ 22.00 NET
$ 546.00 NET
Item #
G105
Item #
G106
FERDINANDO GARIMBERTI
MEISTER ITAIENSCHIER GEIGENBAUKUNST MASTER ITALIAN VIOLINMAKERS
Giorgio Grisales
Item #
G107
Hamma, Walter
1993, 804 pp., photos. English, French & German.
$ 325.00 NET
Item #
G109
$ 78.00 NET
Item #
G108-S
VIOLINMAKERS OF THE GERMAN SCHOOL
VIOLIN VARNISHES
Hamma, Walter
Hammerl, Josef and Reiner
1986, two volumes w/ photos.
127 pp.
$ 300.00 NET
Item #
H100
$ 60.00 NET
$ 1,056.00 NET
Item #
H101
$ 82.00 NET
Item #
H102
ANTONIO STRADIVARI, HIS LIFE AND WORK
VIOLINMAKERS OF THE GUARNERI FAMILY
W.E. HILL AND SONS, A TRIBUTE
DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN AND BOW MAKERS
Hill & Sons
Hill & Sons
Henley
315 pp., photos, soft cover.
631 pp., soft cover.
Ealing Strings, hard cover. There is a great amount
of valuable information in this book! Limted
edition.
$ 17.00 NET
$ 24.00 NET
$ 140.00 NET
Item #
H103
Item #
H104
Item #
H105
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN VIOLIN:
1775-1825
THE BOW, ITS HISTORY, MANUFACTURE AND
USE
ITALIENISCHE VIOLIEN DES. 18
JAHRHUNDERTS
Huber, John
Saint-George, Henry
Huber, John
The Rise of the French School. Soft cover, over
300 pages. A most interesting work from which
you will learn a lot.
1998, 124 pp., illustrated.
2000, 165 pp., photos, illustrations. English &
German.
$ 72.00 NET
Item #
H108
$ 33.00 NET
Item #
H109
email: [email protected]
Reprint.
$ 342.00 NET
Item #
H106
JACOB STAINER
Hopfner
Catalog of the 2003 Innsbrook exhibition.German
text with numerous illustrations.
$ 126.00 NET
Item #
H111
$ 80.00 NET
Item #
H113
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THE VIOLIN MAKERS OF THE GUARNERI
FAMILY
W.E. Hill & Sons
RARE ITALIAN VIOLINS, VIOLAS, AND
VIOLON-CELLOS FROM THE EMIL HERMANN
COLLECTION
IL LIUTAIO
60 pp., glossy stiff paper covers. English & Italian.
Tim Ingles
The famous 1980 edition, fine hardbound copies
with original slip case and box. Just a few of these
new copies left!!
Introduction by John Dilworth.
$ 225.00 NET
Item #
H114
PRACTICAL ACOUSTICS OF INSTRUMENTS OF
THE VIOLIN FAMILY
James, Jan
$ 125.00 NET
$ 28.00 NET
Item #
H115
Item #
I100
THE ART OF BOWMAKING
L’ESPOSIZIONE DI LIUTERIA ANTICA A
CREMONA NEL 1937
Kun, Joseph & Regh, Joseph
$ 27.00 NET
$ 285.00 NET
Item #
K100
Item #
L100
L’ARCHET
TWENTIETH CENTURY LOMBARD VIOLINMAKING
AUGUSTO E GAETANO POLLASTRI, LIUTAI IN
BOLOGNA 1877-1960
Cremona
Magrini, C.
190 pages with such makers as Antoniazzi,
Bisiach, Sgarabotto, Ornati, etc.
1990, 90 pp. Italian &?English.
The most complete 3 volume encyclopedia of
French bowmakers. A “must-have”!!
$ 2,280.00 NET
LES VIOLONS HOTEL DE VILLES DE PARIS
295 pp. English.
$ 78.00 NET
Item #
J103
Millant & Raffin
$ 295.00 NET
Item #
I101
164 pp, stiff paper cover. Reprint.
Deluxe edition.
2002, 80 pp.
FOUR CENTURIES OF VIOLINMAKING - FINE
INSTRUMENTS FROM THE SOTHEBY’S
ARCHIVE
$ 98.00 NET
$ 138.00 NET
Item #
L103
MOSTRA DI STRADIVARI - STRESSA - 1963
1996, 88 pp. Text English, Italian, German,
French.
$ 114.00 NET
$ 69.00 NET
Item #
L105
Item #
L106
Item #
M101
Item #
M105
THREE SONS OF THE LANGHE
ANDREA AMATI AND THE BIRTH OF THE
VIOLIN 1505-2005
JEAN-BAPTISTE VUILLAUME: HISTORY OF THE
PARISIAN VIOLINMAKING FROM THE 18TH
CENTURY TO 1960. VOL.III
THE MEISEL FAMILY - VIOLINMAKERS
KLINGENTHAL, VOGTLAND, SAXONY
G.F. Pressenda, G.A. Rocca, G. Marengo.
1999 translation of the 1903 work by Romano
Marengo.
Edited by Renato Meucci.
$ 26.00 NET
Item #
M107
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Sylvette Milliot
$ 90.00 NET
Item #
M109
toll-free order line: 800.633.2302
K. Lothar Meisel, with Betty Vos
$ 375.00 NET
Item #
M110
$ 225.00 NET
Item #
M111
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3 D FOTOS ALTER MEISTERGEIGEN
Neugebauer & Windischnauer
German text. Excellent color photos and
understandable charts & tables with graduations.
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THE VIOLNMAKER CESARE CANDI AND
PAGANINI’S VIOLIN
DER WIENER GEIGENBAUM 19. AND 20.
JAHRHUNDERT
Nardi
Prochert, F.
First English translation of 1948 work. Black and
white photos. 1999.
1979, 200 pp. German.
$ 114.00 NET
$ 39.00 NET
$ 70.00 NET
Item #
N101
Item #
N102
Item #
P100
ANTONIO STRADIVARI
JOSEPH GUARNERIUS, HIS WORK AND
MASTER
LIUTAI PIEMONTESI DA PRESSENDA A
FAGNOLA
Petherick, Horace
Violinmakers from the Piedmont region - middle
1800’s to 1900’s. 88 pages, soft cover, English
and Italian text, excellent photographs. Cremona
1997.
Petherick, Horace
82 pages. Hardbound.
220 pages.
$ 30.00 NET
Item #
P102
$ 30.00 NET
Item #
P104
Item #
P101
IN REMBRANCE OF ANSALDO POGGI
Edition of only 250 copies. 32 pages.
$ 50.00 NET
Item #
P105
Item #
P106
A LIVING LEGACY: HISTORIC STRINGED
INSTRUMENTS AT THE JULLIARD SCHOOL
YOU CAN MAKE A STRADIVARIUS VIOLIN
RENATA KOECKERT STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
G.B. GUADAGNINI
20 rare instruments photographed, with history
from Amati to Grand.
Rosengard, Duane
$ 24.00 NET
$ 77.00 NET
$ 66.00 NET
Reid, Joseph.
1967, 48 pp., illustrations, plans, hard cover.
VIOLINMAKING
Walter H. Mayson
Numbered limited edition. Authoritative book on
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$ 78.00 NET
Lisa B. Robinson
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$ 75.00 NET
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VIOLINMAKING IN SCOTLAND: 1750-1950
I CAPOLAVORI CREMONESI DELLA ROYAL
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
THE GREAT RUSSIAN COLLECTION: THE
STAT COLLECTION OF UNIQUE MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
Roy, Karl
David Rattray
$ 195.00 NET
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$ 115.00 NET
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THE VIOLIN - ITS HISTORY AND MAKING
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HOW TO IMPROVE THE RESONANCE
CONDITIONS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS BY
VIBRATION-DEDAMPING
Reumont, Gerhard A.V.
SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF
VIOLINMAKING
“A. STRADIVARI” 1994 7 Triennale. (Cremona:
Liuteria E Musica in Una Citta’ D’Arte.) 1994, 84
pp., color & b/w photos. English & Italian.
$ 30.00 NET
Item #
R114
STRADIVARI E LA LIUTERIA CREMONESE DALL
URSS
1988. 144 pp., 180 color photos. Italian &
English.
CENTENARY CELEBRATION
Sacconi, S.F.
Second edition.
Revised 2nd edition. 1996, 97 pp, color photos.
$ 96.00 NET
$ 248.00 NET
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ART AND METHOD OF THE VIOLIN MAKER
USEFUL MEASUREMENTS FOR VIOLIN
MAKERS
Strobel, Henry
$ 20.00 NET
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S106
$ 126.00 NET
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S102
Strobel, Henry
78 pp, fully illustrated.
$ 354.00 NET
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THE SECRETS OF STRADIVARI
Sacconi, S.F.
VIOLIN MAKER’S NOTEBOOK
Strobel, Henry
$ 13.00 NET
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$ 20.00 NET
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VIOLIN MAKING STEP-BY-STEP
VIOLA MAKING STEP-BY-STEP
CELLO MAKING STEP-BY-STEP
MY REAL WORLD VIOLIN SHOP
Strobel, Henry
Strobel, Henry
Strobel, Henry
Strobel, Henry
Requires Violin Making Step by Step for
completeness.
For use with Violin Making Step by Step.
$ 30.00 NET
Item #
S109
$ 30.00 NET
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S111
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SETUP AND REPAIR OF THE DOUBLE BASS FOR
OPTIMUM SOUND
MARINO CAPICCHIONI E MARIO CAPICCHIONI
LIUTAI
Chuck Traeger
Pio Sbrighi and Lorenzo Fegnani
STEFANO SCARAMPELLA
ITALIAN VIOLINMAKING IN ARGENTINA
Saravi
By far the best examination of the work of
Stefano, also Guiseppe & Gadda, Pivetti &
Dionelli. Includes more instruments than were
shown in the Brescia exhibition of 2003.
140 pages, many color photos and useful
dimensions.
$ 120.00 NET
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Item #
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Eric Blot
Item #
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$ 133.00 NET
Item #
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THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO BOWS OF THE
VIOLIN FAMILY
Schaff, Gabriel
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FRANCOIS-XAVIER TOURTE BOWMAKER
ITALIAN AND FRENCH VIOLINMAKERS
Pollens, Stewart & Kaston, Henry K.
Thoene, Jost
2001, 247 pp. Photos & illustrations.
Vol. 1 17th-20th century. Limited edition of 2000
copies. 22 violins,violas & cellos, full size violin &
viola photos, all with measurements.
$ 70.00 NET
$ 138.00 NET
LER TRESORS DE LA LUTHERIE FRANCAIS DU
19EME SIECLE
The only well-pictured book of French violins
with full-size photos & dimensions of the most
important makers in the 19th century. 100 pp.
$ 475.00 NET
$ 390.00 NET
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LIUTERIA IN TOSCANO
XI CONCORSO TRIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE
DEGLI STRUMENTI AD ARCO - ANTONIO
STRADIVARI
THE VIOLIN COLLECTION OF THE TOWN HALL,
CREMONA
DICTIONNAIRE UNIVERSEL DES LUTHIERS
VOL. I-II
1996, color photos.
Vannes, R.
Contemporary & 20th century makers. 2 volume
set. 136 pp. & 224 pp.
3,400 labels and identifying marks. 1988, 920
pp. French.
$ 300.00 NET
$ 50.00 NET
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I MAESTRI DEL NOVOCENTO
L’ARCHET AU DE MUSICORA
Vettori
$ 16.00 NET
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VIOLINS, VUILLAUME
CAPICCHIONI - LIFE AND WORKS OF
VIOLINMAKERS MARINO AND MARIO
1998, 280 pp.
Marcello Villa
1992, 168 pp., color photos.
$ 144.00 NET
$ 21.00 NET
Item #
V102
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V104
A LUTHIERS SCRAPBOOK
AMATEUR FIDDLE MAKERS QUESTION AND
ANSWERS
Wake, Harry
$ 36.00 NET
Item #
W100
$ 59.00 NET
Item #
V105
Wake, Harry
email: [email protected]
$ 180.00 NET
Item #
V106
HOW TO MAKE A DOUBLE BASS
STRAD CELLO PLANS
Wake, Harry
Wake, Harry
$ 35.00 NET
Item #
W101
$ 264.00 NET
$ 50.00 NET
Item #
W102
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TECHNIQUES OF VIOLINMAKING
VIOLA MAKING PLANS
VIOLIN BOW REHAIR AND REPAIRS
Wake, Harry
Wake, Harry
Wake, Harry
$ 33.00 NET
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GUIDE D’ENTRETIEN D’UN INSTRUMENT A
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VOGTLANDISCHER GEIGENBAU VOL. I
VOGTLANDISCHER GEIGENBAU VOL. II
Covers makers from the 1640’s to 1850.
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VIOLIN RESTORATION: A MANUAL FOR
VIOLINMAKERS
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THOMASTIK PADDED FOLIO
Attractive faux black leather
folio, fits virtually all music scores.
Includes pouch and pencil/baton
holder.
VIOLIN BOW REHAIRING
WITH ROGER FOSTER
1.5” in depth.
Roger Foster explaining the
Item # FOLIO9
steps involved in bow re-
$ 7.50 net
hairing.
Instructional DVD with luthier
Item # VIDEO-02
$ 59.95 net
PABLO CASALS LITHOGRAPH
“HOW TO SPIRIT VARNISH”
WITH SCOTT HERSHEY
Well suited for framing.
Wholesale price! Beautiful
great musician.
Step-by-step tutorial for
varnishing stringed
instruments.
Item # LITH01
Item # VIDEO-03
$ 12.00 net
$ 59.95 net
large color portrait of this
THE VIOLINMAKERS OF VENICE: 1582 - 1885
DVD
NEW!!
Item # CD100
$ 50.00 net
STRAD POSTCARDS
A package of four cards, larger than normal postcard size. Beautiful reproductions in color of Strad cello 1707 “Paganini - Countess
of Stanlein,” Strad 1710 violin “Lord Dunn Raven,” D Montagnana cello 1739 “Sleeping Beauty,” Guarneri Del Gesu 1741 “Kochanski.”
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