Contains instructions for the repair, preservation and bringing out the tone of instruments; tracing model for violin, mutes and fiddle holders; list of classical works for stringed instruments. This work is especially valuable for makers of violins.
HOW TO PLAY THE FIDDLE. For Beginners on the Violin. By H. W. and G. GRESSWELL. Eighth Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. net; or in 2 vols., paper, 3s. net.
JOACHIM says: "Contains many useful hints about violin playing."
BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF FIDDLERS. Including Performers on the Violoncello and Double Bass, Past and Present. Containing a Sketch of their Artistic Career, together with Notes of their Compositions. By A. MASON CLARKE. 9 Portraits. Post 8vo, cloth, 10s. net.
"We may here take the opportunity of recommending a useful book to all lovers of violins and violinists. Fiddlers, Ancient and Modern, is practically a little Biographical Dictionary, well arranged with some excellent portraits."—Northern Whig.
ART OF HOLDING THE VIOLIN AND BOW AS EXEMPLIFIED BY OLE BULL. His Pose and Method proved to be based on true Anatomical Principles. By A. B. CROSBY, M.D., Professor of Anatomy. Portrait, Diagrams and Illustrations. 8vo, cloth, 5s. net.
Included in the above are some interesting recollections and anecdotes of Ole Bull.
THE VIOLIN AND OLD VIOLIN MAKERS. Being a Historical and Biographical Account of the Violin. By A. MASON CLARKE. With Facsimile of Labels used by Old Masters and illustrations of a copy of Gasparo da Salo. Crown 8vo, cloth, 10s. net.
THE VIOLIN, ITS HISTORY AND CONSTRUCTION. Illustrated and Described from many Sources. Together with a List of Italian and Tyrolese Makers. With 28 Illustrations and folding Examples of the First Music issued for the Lute, Fiddle and Voice. From the German of ABELE and NIEDERHEITMANN. By J. BROADHOUSE. Fresh issue printed in larger size. Crown 8vo, cloth, 10s. net.
"The learned and instructive treatise of Abele, skilfully rendered by J. Broadhouse and supplemented by a version of Niederheitmann's list of Italian and Tyrolese violin makers, a compilation invaluable to collectors and connoisseurs of rare fiddles ... a work which forms a noteworthy addition to the small number of English books upon this interesting subject."—Scotsman.