Violin Making [Illustrated]

by Walter H. Mayson

Overview

This edition features
• a linked Table of Contents
• 31 illustrations

Contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. — SELECTION OF WOOD
CHAPTER II. — THE BACK
CHAPTER III. — PURFLING
CHAPTER IV. — BENDING THE PURFLING
CHAPTER V. — MODELLING THE BACK
CHAPTER VI. — WORKING OUT THE BACK
CHAPTER VII. — THE BELLY
CHAPTER VIII. — THICKNESSES OF THE BELLY
CHAPTER IX. — THE SOUNDHOLES
CHAPTER X. — THE BASS BAR
CHAPTER XI. — THE RIBS
CHAPTER XII. — FIXING RIBS, ETC.
CHAPTER XIII. — FIXING THE BELLY
CHAPTER XIV. — THE SCROLL
CHAPTER XV. — FIXING NECK, FINGERBOARD, ETC.
CHAPTER XVI. — OF VARNISH AND VARNISHING
CHAPTER XVII. — FITTING UP FOR USE
CHAPTER XVIII. — CONCLUSION

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012855527
Publisher:	Beaux Arts
Publication date:	07/06/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

"WALTER HENRY MAYSON (1835 - 1904) was born in Cheetwood, Britain.
At seventeen, Mayson was apprenticed at J. & A. Phillips & Co., a firm of merchants. His sister, Mary Ann, was married to a composer and organist, Joseph Thorne Harris. Harris was the organist for Cathedral, Manchester. Mayson spent all of his leisure time at his sister's house, where his love for classical and chamber music was encouraged. Mayson was told that his dead grandfather's fiddle was for sale. He struck a bargain with the owner, and started taking lessons. Mayson had by this time married Elizabeth Green, daughter of William Green (painter) the famous landscape painter and friend of William Wordsworth.

On November 18, 1904, Mayson had a paralytic seizure. On December 26, he had another stroke and did not regain consciousness until his death on December 31.

At age 39, Mayson started to make fiddles. He created hist first violin on October 16 1873. Mayson took a room in Barton Arcade, Deansgate, Manchester where he produced 10 fiddles. His first customer, James Fildes, bought a fiddle from Mayson for £10. During this time, Mayson wrote a lot. Some of his songs and essays were published in Manchester's newspapers. In 1899, Mayson wrote a book called "Violin Making" --Wikipedia