WALTER H. MAYSON,
With Thirty-one Full-page PHOTO ETCHINGS,
Illustrating the process of Violin-making in every stage—from the rough slab of wood to the finished Instrument.
The text is written by an Actual Violin Maker, in a very clear and lucid style.
"'Popular lecture' style, with photographic illustrations."—The Times.
"A feature of the book is the clearness of the illustrations."—Morning Post.
"Describes a very fascinating art from start to finish."—Morning Leader.
"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.
"THE STRAD" LIBRARY, No. X.
Crown 8vo., Cloth, 2/6, Post Free, 2/9.
(DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, TO DR. JOSEPH JOACHIM)