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How to Make a Violin, Repairing and Restoring Violins including Varnishes, the history, its makers and masters, playing techniques and basic exercises.  Each book is in high resolution PDF format.

 

 

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184 Total Vintage Books and Catalogs

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The violin, also known as a fiddle, is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola, the cello and the contrabass.

The violin is sometimes informally called a fiddle, regardless of the type of music played on it. The word violin comes from the Medieval Latin word vitula, meaning stringed instrument; this word is also believed to be the source of the Germanic "fiddle". The violin, while it has ancient origins, acquired most of its modern characteristics in 16th-century Italy, with some further modifications occurring in the 18th and 19th centuries. Violinists and collectors particularly prize the instruments made by the Gasparo da Salò, Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Stradivari, Guarneri and Amati families from the 16th to the 18th century in Brescia and Cremona and by Jacob Stainer in Austria. Great numbers of instruments have come from the hands of "lesser" makers, as well as still greater numbers of mass-produced commercial "trade violins" coming from cottage industries in places such as Saxony, Bohemia, and Mirecourt. Many of these trade instruments were formerly sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co. and other mass merchandisers.

A person who makes or repairs violins is called a luthier. The parts of a violin are usually made from different types of wood (although electric violins may not be made of wood at all, since their sound may not be dependent on specific acoustic characteristics of the instrument's construction), and it is usually strung with gut, Perlon or other synthetic, or steel strings.

This is a collection of 184 books and publications that cover the history of the violin, including the design, construction, playing, and repair and restoration.  Some of these vintage books are over 100 years old, dating back to the days of Stradivarius. Also included is a set of non-english titles in French and German as well.  The titles included are as follows:

36 TITLES ON VIOLIN MAKING - LUTHERIE - AND VIOLIN MAKERS

A Dictionary of Violin Makers, by C. Stainer, 1896, 116 pages

A Review of Ancient & Modern Violin Making, by W. W. Oates, 1899, 136 pages

A Short Historical Sketch of Various Violin Schools, by Sherman, Clay & Co. Catalogue, circa 1900, 66 pages

A Treatise on the Structure & Preservation of the Violin, etc. & Celebrated Makers, by J. A. Otto, 2nd ed., 1860, 167 pages

The Arts & Craft Book of the Worshipful Guild of Violin Makers of Markneukirchen, 1677-1772, by Richard Pelon extractor, 1894, 69 pages

British Violin Makers A Biographical Dictionary, by W. Meredith Morris, 1920, 392 pages

British Violin Makers Classical and Modern, by Rev. WM. Meredith Morris, 1904, 363 pages

Cremona - An Account of the Italian Violin Makers & their Instruments, by F. Niederheitmann, 1894, 123 pages

Facts About Violins & Violin Making, by H. Tietgen, 1904, 43 pages

George Gemunders Progress in Violin Making, by George Gemunder, 1881, 121 pages

Historical Sketch of the Violin & Its Master Makers, Lyon & Heal Catalogue, 1901, 285 pages

How to Make a Violin, by J. Broadhouse, circa 1900, 178 pages

Italian Violin Makers, by K. Jalovec, circa 1900, 483 pages

John Askew, the Stanhope Violin Maker, by Willaim Morley Egglestone, 1914, 161 pages

Notes on the Construction of the Violin, by W. B. Coventry, 1902, 174 pages

Old Violins & Violin Lore, by H. R. Haweis, 1898, 327 pages

Old Violins, by H. R. Haweis, 1910, 361 pages

The Art of Fiddle Making, by J. Broadhouse, 1909, 77 pages

The Fiddle Fancier's Guide - A Manual on Violin, Violas, Basses & Bows, by J. M. Fleming, 1892, 351 pages

The Hawley Collection of Violins With a History of Their Makers, by Lyon & Healy, 1904, 254 pages

The Value of Old Violins - List of Principal Violin Makers, by E. Polonaksi, 1912, 104 pages

The Violin - A Concise Exposition of the General Principles of Construction, by P. Davidson, 1871, 216 pages

The Violin - A Condensed History - Its Perfection & Its Famous Makers, by C. Goffrie, 1876, 128 pages

The Violin - How to Choose One, by Professional Player, 1893, 101 pages

The Violin - Its Famous Makers & Their Imitators, by G. Hart, 1875, 591 pages

The Violin & Its Story, or the History & Construction of the Violin, by H. Abele, 1905, 155 pages

The Violin & the Art of Its Construction - A Treatise on the Stradivarius Violin, by A. Riechers, 1895, 42 pages

The Violin Manufacture in Italy and its German Origin, 1906, 81 pages

The Violin, It's Construction, Theoretically & Practically Treated, by P. Davidson, 5th ed., 1895, 323 pages

The Violinist's Guide on the Violin American Industry, The Violinist Publishing, 1916, 54 pages

Treatise on the History & Construction of the Violin, by G. Foucher, new rev. ed., 1897, 102 pages

Violin Making, As It Was & Is, by E. Heron-Allen, 2nd ed., 1885, 411 pages

Violin Making, by W. H. Mayson, 2nd ed., 1909, 86 pages

Violins & Other Stringed Instruments - How to Make Them, by P. N. Hasluck, 1907, 168 pages

Violins & Violin Makers - A Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artists & Their Followers & Imitators, by J. Pearce, 1866, 213 pages

Violins Old & New, by J. Broadhouse, 3rd ed., circa 1900, 34 pages

 

14 TITLES ON VIOLIN REPAIR, RESTORATION AND VARNISH

A Few Notes on Varnishes and Fossil Resins, by Ringham Clark, 1891, 88 pages

Adjusting & Repairing Violins & Cellos, by A. Broadley, 1908. 100 pages

Analysis of Paint and Varnish Products, by Cliford Dyer Holley, 1912. 308 pages

Cremona Violins & True Varnishes of the Great Cermona Masters, by Charles Reade, 1873, 48 pages

Oils and Varnishes, by James Cameron, 1886, 392 pages

Paint and Varnish Facts and Formulae, by J. N. Hoff, 1905, 210 pages

Papers on Paint and Varnish, by Henry A. Gardner, 1920, 514 pages

Recipes for the Colour, Paint, Varnish, Oil Soap and Dry Saltery Trades, 1902, 396 pages

Staining, Varnishing, and Enameling, by J. H. Galloway, 1910, 132 pages

The Industrial and Artistic Technology of Paint and Varnish, by Alvah Horton Sabin, 1904, 422 pages

The Repairing & Restoration of Violins, by H. Petherick, 1903, 231 pages

The Varnishes of the Italian Violin Makers, by George Fry, 1904, 190 pages

Violin Varnish and How to Make It, by G. Foucher, 1911, 54 pages

What to Do and How to Do it for Those Who Paint, Varnish, or Kalsomine, by John L. Whiting, 1883, 48 pages

 

11 TITLES ON FAMOUS VIOLINISTS

Biographical Notice of Nicolo Paganini with an Analysis of his Compositions, by F. J. Fetis, 2nd ed, circa 1900, 124 pages

Biographical Sketches & Anecdotes of Celebrated Violinists, by T. L Phipson, 1877, 276 pages

Celebrated Violinists, by A. Ehrlich, 1897, 299 pages

Celebrated Violinists, Past and Present, by R Legge, 1906, 316 pages

Famous Violinists & Fine Violins, by T. L. Phipson, 1896, 280 pages

Famous Violinists of Today & Yesterday, by H. C. Lahee, 1899, 409 pages

Great Violinists & Pianists, by G. T. Ferris, 1895, 385 pages

Musical Notes - The Great Composers - Violinists & the Violin - The Violin & Its History, by W. Adye, 1869, 116 pages

Nicolo Paganini, A Biography, 1911, 97 pages

Nicolo Paganini, His Life and Work, 1971, 266 pages

The Romance of the Fiddle -The Origin of the Modern Virtuoso, by E. Van Der Straeten, 1911, 406 pages

 

5 TITLES ON FAMOUS VIOLIN MAKERS

Antonio Stradivari - His Life & Work, 1644-1737, by W. H. Hill, A. F. Hill & A. E. Hill, 1909, 356 pages

Antonio Stradivari, by H. Petherick, 2nd ed., 1913, 119 pages

Joseph Guarnerius - His Work & His Master, by H. Petheric, 1906, 330 pages

Notice of Anthony Stradivari - The Celebrated Violin Maker, by F. J. Fétis, 1864, 146 pages

The Salabue Stradivari, A History and Critical Description of the Famous Violin 1891, 48 pages

 

16 TITLES ON THE HISTORY OF THE VIOLIN

Chats on Violins, by O. Racster, circa 1900, 253 pages

De Fidiculis Bibliographia, Vol I, by E. Heron-Allen, 1890, 523 pages

De Fidiculis Bibliographia, Vol II, by E. Heron-Allen, 1890, 585 pages

Researches into the Early Story of the Violin Family, by C. Engel, 1883, 184 pages

The Ancestry of the Violin, by H. Allen, 1882, 78 pages

The Bow, Its History, Manufacture & Use, by H. Saint-George, 1909, 164 pages

The Heart of the Music, by A. A. Chapin, 1906, 320 pages

The History of the Violin, by W. Sandys & S. A. Forster, 1864, 441 pages

The Instruments of the Modern Orchestra & Early Records of the Precursors of the Violin, Vol I, by K. Schlesinger, 1910, 314 pages

The Instruments of the Modern Orchestra & Early Records of the Precursors of the Violin, Vol II, by K. Schlesinger, 1910, 490 pages

The Story of the Violin, by P. Stoeving, 1904, 388 pages

The Violin & Its Most Eminent Professors, by G. Dubourg, 1852, 215 pages

The Violin & Its Music, by G. Hart, 1885, 524 pages

The Violin and Its Music The Violin and Its Famous Makers, by George Hart, 1909, 602 pages

The Violin Some Account of the Leading Instrument, by George Dubourg, 1852, 439 pages

The Violin Some Account of the Leading Instrument and its Most Eminent Professors, By George Dubourg, 1878, 366 pages

 

6 TITLES ON MASTERPIECES, COLLECTIONS, AND OLD CATALOGUES

Lyon and Healys Catalogue of their Collection of Rare Old Violins, 1896, 279 pages

Masterpieces of the Great Violin Makers, Wurlitzer Catalogue, 1917, 138 pages

Rare Old Violins, Kohler & Chase Collection Catalog, circa 1900, 68 pages

Rare Old Violins, Violas & Violoncellos, Lyon & Healey Catalogue 28th ed., 1917, 85 pages

The Salabue Stradivari or 'Le Messie', Hill & Sons, 1891, 48 pages

The Tuscan' Stradivari, Hill & Sons, 1891, 32 pages

 

42 TITLES ON VIOLIN PLAYING - COURSES, TECHNIQUES, AND TONE

A Complete System for The Violin, 1846, 111 pages

A Method for the Qualitative Analysis of Musical Tone, by P. H. Edwards, 1911, 30 pages

A New Theory of Fingering - Paganini & His Secret, by A. Jarosy, 1933, 63 pages

Chats to Violin Students on How to Study the Violin, by J. T. Carrodus, 3rd ed., 1911, 124 pages

Geminiani - New & Compleat Instructions for the Violin, by Geminiani, 1687-1762, 48 pages

Geminiani - The Violin Preceptor or Compleat Tutor, by Geminiani & Philpot 1687-1762, 40 pages

Handbook of Violin Playing, by C. Schroeder, 4th ed., circa 1900, 208 pages

How to Master the Violin, by P. L. Bytovetzki, 1917, 123 pages

Lesson to Performers on the Violin, by G. Tartini, 1779, 38 pages

Modern Violin Playing, by S. B. Grimson & C. Forsyth, 1920, 167 pages

Practical Method for Violin, Volume 1, 1899, 41 pages

Practical Method for Violin, Volume 2, 1899, 39 pages

School of Intonation on an Harmonic Basis for Violin, Book I, by O. Sevcik, 1922, 231 pages

School of Intonation on an Harmonic Basis for Violin, Book II, by O. Sevcik, 1922, 197 pages

School of Intonation on an Harmonic Basis for Violin, Book III, by O. Sevcik, 1922, 267 pages

School of Intonation on an Harmonic Basis for Violin, Book IV, by O. Sevcik, 1922, 189 pages

Spohr Violin School, American Edition 1852, 163 pages

Spohr Violin School, British Edition, 1843, 265 pages

The Mastery of the Bow & Bowing Subleties, by P. Stoeving, 1920, 206 pages

The Secrets of Violin Playing, by Professional Player, 8th ed., circa 1890, 96 pages

The Technics of Violin Playing, by K. Courvosier, 1908, 147 pages

The Technique of the Violin & the Art of Musical Interpretation, by R. Scholtz, 1900, 84 pages

The Violin How to Master It, by W Honeyman, 1883, 120 pages

The Violin, B. Tours, circa 1900, 115 pages

The Violin-How to Master It, Howe Co., 1880, 110 pages

The Violinist's Manual, by H.F. Gosling, circa 1900. 339 pages

True Principles of the Art of Violin Playing, by G. Lehamnn, 1901, 84 pages

Violin Mastery-Talks with Master Violinists & Teachers, by F. H. Marten, 1919, 337 pages

Violin Playing & Violin Adjustment, by J. Winram, 1908, 173 pages

Violin Playing as I Teach It, by L. Auer, 1922, 211 pages

Violin Playing, by J. Dunn, 3rd ed., 1915, 89 pages

Violin Talks - A Book for Teachers & Students, by L. Winn, 1905, 159 pages

Violin Teacher, by Jewett, 1851, 93 pages

Violin Teaching & Violin Study, by E. Gruenberg, rev. ed., 1919, 171 pages

Violin Textbook & Rudimentary Theory of Music, by M. C. Wickins, 1904, 61 pages

Violin Tone & Violin Makers, by H. Moya & T. Piper, 1916, 302 pages

Violin Tone Peculiarities, by F. Castle, 1906, 323 pages

Violin Vibrato, by S. Eberhardt, 1911, 36 pages

Violinschule - Violin School, Vol I, by J. Joachim & A. Moser, 1905, 210 pages

Violinschule - Violin School, Vol II, by J. Joachim & A. Moser, 1905, 262 pages

Violinschule - Violin School, Vol III, by J. Joachim & A. Moser, 1905, 276 pages

Winner's New School for the Violin, by Oliver Ditson Company, 1869, 91 pages

 

20 TITLES ON VIOLIN PLAYING - EXERCISES, STUDIES, CAPRICIOS, ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATIONS

Alte Meister des Violinspiels, by A. Schering, circa 1900, 95 pages

Analysis & Interpretation of Eighteen Violin Compositions, American Teachers, 1911, 71 pages

Forty Selected Studies for the Violin, by F. Mazas, Op. 36, 1901, 51 pages

Forty Two Studies or Caprices for the Violin, by R. Kreutzer, Ed. by Kross, 1893, 116 pages

Guide to the Study of Chords for Violin, 1900, 20 pages

How to Prepare for Kreutzer, by E. L. Winn, 1910, 232 pages

How to Study Fiorillo, by E. L. Winn, 1913. 87 pages

How to Study Kreutzer, by B. Cutter, 1903, 70 pages

Notable Violin Solos - How to Play Them, by E. Van Der Straeten, 273 pages

Scale-Studies for the Violin, by J. Hrimal, 1905, 51 pages

Selected Violin Solos & How to Play Them, by B. Althaus, 1905, 209 pages

Sixty Studies for the Violin, by F. Wohlfahrt, Op. 45, 1902, 23 pages

Sixty Studies for the Violin, Volume 2, by F. Wohlfahrt, Op. 45, 1902, 43 pages

Studies for the Violin, by H. Sitt, 1916, 39 pages

The First Studies for the Violin in the First Position, by R Hoffman, 1906, 27 pages

The Violin Music of Beethoven, by J. Matthews, 1902, 127 pages

Thirty-Six Elementary & Progressive Studies for the Violin, by H. E. Kayser, Op. 20, 56 pages

Twenty Progressive Exercises for the Violin, by J. Dont Op. 38, 1890, 46 pages

Twenty-Four Caprices for the Violin, by P. Rode, 1900, 63 pages

Twenty-Four Studies for the Violin, by P. Gavinies, 1908, 56 pages

 

34 NON-ENGLISH TITLES ON ALL VIOLIN SUBJECTS

FRENCH Antoine Stradivari - Luthier Célébre, by F. J. Fétis, 1856 , 150 pages

FRENCH Duos Faciles et Progressifs pour Deux Violons, by C. Dancla, 1900, 295 pages

FRENCH Etudes & Observations sur la Lutherie Ancienne & Moderne, by M. Riquelme, 1868, 120 pages

FRENCH L' Art du Luthier, by A. Tolbecque, 1903, 344 pages

FRENCH La Chelonomie ou Le Parfait Luthier, L' Abbé Sibire, by N. Lupot, 1885, 262 pages

FRENCH La Lutherie Artistique, by L. Mordret, 1885, 170 pages

FRENCH La lutherie et les luthiers, by A Vidal, 1889, 425 pages

FRENCH La Lutherie et Les Luthiers, by A. Vidal, 1889, without plates, 425 pages

FRENCH Le Violon - Lutherie, Oeuvres, Biographies, par A. Bachmann, 1906, 230 pages

FRENCH  Les Instruments a Archet, T I, by A. Vidal, 1877, 478 pages

FRENCH Les Instruments a Archet, T III, by A. Vidal, 1877, 480 pages

FRENCH Les Instruments des Ecoles Italiennes - Catalogue, by  J. Gallay, 1872, 176 pages

FRENCH Les Luthiers Italien,  Nouvelle Edition du Parfait Lutier, Les Maitres de Diverses Ecoles, by J. Gallay, 1869, 300 pages

FRENCH Les luthiers italiens aux 17è et 18e siècles; nouv. éd. du Parfait luthier de l'abbé Sibire, 1869, 305 pages

FRENCH Les Violons de Crémone, by L. Mordret, 1898, 39 pages

FRENCH Manuel du Luthier, by J. C. Mauguin, 1834, 265 pages

FRENCH Notes et Souvenirs, by C. Dancla, 1893, 161 pages

FRENCH Notice sur le Celebre Violiniste Nicolo Paganini, by G. I. de Laphaleque, 1830, 86 pages

FRENCH Nouveau Manuel Complet du Luthier, by J. C. Maugin & A. W. Maigne, 1869, 284 pages

FRENCH Les Ancetres du Violon e du Violoncelle - Les Luthiers et Le Fabricants De Archets, T I, by L. Grillet, 1901, 331 pages

GERMAN  Paganini - Eine Biographie, by J. Kapp, 1920, 232 pages

GERMAN Cremona - Eine Charakteristik der Italenischen Geigenbauer & ihrer Instrumente, by F. Niederheitmann, 1919, 118 pages

GERMAN Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904, 844 pages

GERMAN Die Violine & Ihre Meister, by W. J. von Wasielewski, 1893, 604 pages

GERMAN Die Violine im XVII Jahrhundert & die Anfange de Instrumental Composition, by W. J. von Wasielewski, 1874, 105 pages

GERMAN Die Violine irhe Geschichte & irr Bau, by S. Abele, 1864, 234 pages

GERMAN Geschichte des Instrumental-Violin-Konzerts bis A. Vivaldi, by A. Scherin, 1903, 903 pages

GERMAN Nicolo Paganini und die Geigenbauer, by E. Polko, 1876, 246 pages

GERMAN Stradivaris Geheimniss, by C. Schulze, 1901, 142 pages

GERMAN Violinschule von Ries-Sitt, 1915, 51 pages

GERMAN Paganini's Leben und Treiben, by J. M. Gchottfn, 1830, 445 pages

ITALIAN  Niccolo Paganini - Celebre Violinista Genovese, by O. Bruni, 2a ed., 1903, 164 pages

ITALIAN  Vita di Niccolo Paganini da Genova, by G. Conestabile, 1851, 322 pages

 

 

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