Useful Measurements for Violin Makers: A Reference For Shop Use

Fantastic. No dislikes.

Henry Strobel's books are all useful for the violin maker and restorer and this book is no exception. It provides measurements of "standard" instruments of the violin family as well as other sizes, such as 3/4 & 1/2. The Template patterns are well drawn and suitable for making a set of templates from, the most useful perhaps being the smaller sizes which are less readily available commercially. There are notes regarding the bass bar, sound post and other subjects which will be useful to the repairer. There is some discussion of the wider bowed string instrument family. This is basically a workshop reference manual which most makers and repairers will wish to keep handy but never try to force any instrument into the measurments given, always take reference books as a guide not as the answer to every case.

There are MANY questions and VERY few obvious answers to the details in violin setup and repair. This book solves that problem. It provides the industry standards.Thank you, Mr Stroebel!

The author is through and thoughtful. I use his measurements in repairing student instruments. You should find any dimension you need here.His comments are thoughtful and if there are two sides to an issue he shows both.Recommended

An excellent overview of all the general measurements with regard to a violin. Strongly recommended.

Good reference material for violin building. I have found the information on fractional size violins quite helpful, especially the bridge templates - as I have been doing quite a few new bridges for small violins lately.I wish that this book had more information about specific violas (I realize that there is no "Standard" size viola, thus my suggestion of specific instruments)Much of the information I don't find particularly helpful - but the info I need does the trick every time.

A great book for who want to know more about violin, author also provided all the measurements where to place the bridge and tailpiece. I found this book is very easy to read and follow, good writing from the author.

Along with "Violin Making" and "Cello Making" this book is a needed instruction manual for those who work to repair string instruments. NOT FOR BEGINNERS, one must have knowledge of woodworking as well as basic construction of string instruments. The series has many different books to choose from but this is a definite one needed for your reference library.

Un libretto inutile. Mancano tutte le misure necessarie per la costruzione, del tipo spessori tavola, fondo e fianchi, geometria della cassa, etc

This little book has value out of all proportion to it's size it's like a fantastic little cheat sheet anything and everything you might need to check on the spur of the moment it's all there valuable and definitely worth having

usefull book

Everything I need to complete my violin .

英語の本ですが、読める方にはとても参考になると思います。色々なやり方、寸法があるのだな、と再確認させられました。これからももっと努力し、良い楽器が作れるようになりたいです。