HOW TO MAKE A VIOLIN, Practically Treated. By J. BROADHOUSE. New and Revised Edition. With 47 Illustrations and Folding Plates and many Diagrams, Figures, etc. Crown 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. net.
CONTENTS: Introduction—The Parts of the Violin—On the Selection of Wood—The Tools required—The Models—The Mould—The Side-pieces and Side Linings—The Back—Of the Belly—The Thickness of the Back and Belly—The Bass Bar—The Purfling—The Neck—The Fingerboard—The Nut and String Guard—Varnishing and Polishing—Varnishes and Colouring Matter—The Varnish—A Mathematical Method of Constructing the Outline—The Remaining Accessories of the Violin.
This new edition had the advantage of being revised throughout by a celebrated violin maker.
A MUSICAL ZOO. Twenty-four Illustrations displaying the Ornamental Application of Animal Forms to Musical Instruments (Violins, Viol da Gambas, Guitars, Pochette, Serpent, etc.). Drawn from the Carved Examples by HENRY SAINT-GEORGE. Cloth, 6s. net (paper, 3s. 6d. net).
THE HISTORY OF THE VIOLIN and other Instruments Played on with the Bow from the Remotest Times to the Present. Also an Account of the Principal Makers. Coloured Frontispiece and numerous Illustrations and Cuts. By W. SANDYS, F.S.A., and S. A. FORSTER. Thick 8vo, cloth 27s. 6d. net.
THE VIOLIN AND BOW. A Treatise (in Three Languages, English, French and German), with numerous Copies of Photographs taken from Life, supplemented by various Examples and Original Studies by I. B. POZNANSKI. 5s. net.
TECHNICS OF VIOLIN PLAYING. By KARL COURVOISIER. With Illustrations. Eleventh Edition. Cloth, 5s. net, paper, 2s. 6d. net.
"It is my opinion that this book will offer material aid to all violin players."—JOACHIM.
"As far as words, aided by diagrams, can make clear so practical a subject as the playing of a musical instrument, this little book leaves nothing to be desired. The author, who was a pupil of Joachim, has treated the subject in a most thorough manner, and we can highly recommend his little book."—Educational Times.
AN IMPORTANT LESSON TO PERFORMERS ON THE VIOLIN. By the Celebrated TARTINI. Portrait. Being the Translation by DR. BURNEY, issued originally in 1779, together with the original Italian. 8vo, cloth, 6s. net (paper, 3s. net).
VIOLONCELLO EXERCISES, SCALES AND ARPEGGIOS. By E. GILLET. Complete in one vol., 4s. net; or Part I, Exercises, 1s. 6d. net, Part II, Scales, 1s. 6d. net, and Part III, Arpeggios, 1s. 6d. net.
ART OF VIOLONCELLO PLAYING. Tutor in Three Books. By E. VAN DER STRAETEN. Text in English and French. 4to. Book I, 3s. 6d. net; Book II, 4s. net.