Scan 147
The violin & its story : or the history & construction of the violin, 1905
28 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
A town on its own line is one of the directory's headings. That is where the town on a maker's page comes from.
1"THE STRAD" LIBRARY, No. IX.
3Crown 8vo., Cloth, 5/-, Post Free, 5/4.
5VIOLIN MAKING
7BY
9WALTER H. MAYSON,
11With Thirty-one Full-page PHOTO ETCHINGS,
13Illustrating the process of Violin-making in every stage—from the rough slab of wood to the finished Instrument.
15The text is written by an Actual Violin Maker, in a very clear and lucid style.
17"Popular lecture" style, with photographic illustrations."—The Times.
19"A feature of the book is the clearness of the illustrations."—Morning Post.
21"Describes a very fascinating art from start to finish."—Morning Leader. one of two readings
22"Describes a very fascinating art from start to finish.—Morning Leader. one of two readings
24"This new booklet, on how to make a violin, is an admirable exposition of methods. Mr. Mayson avoids learned terminology. He uses the simplest English, and goes straight to the point. He begins by showing the young learner how to choose the best wood for the violin that is to be. Throughout a whole chatty, perfectly simple chapter, he discourses on the back. A separate chapter is devoted to the modelling of the back, and a third to its 'working out.' The art of sound-holes, ribs, neck, fingerboard, the scroll, the belly. Among the illustrations is one showing the tools which the author himself uses in the making of his instruments. To learners of the well-known Manchester maker's delicate art we commend this little volume."—Daily News.
26LONDON:
27"STRAD" OFFICE, 3, GREEN TERRACE, ROSEBERY AVENUE, E.C.
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