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Thickness
Graduation Maps:
Classic Violins,
Violas, and Cellos
Finally, learn what top
authorities and shops
have carefully
guarded for generations.
The finest classic instruments are not
graduated the way that is
taught in most schools or books
(even Sacconi's book “Secrets of
Stradivari)”
New, careful documentation,
presented in an intuitive, easy-to use format.
Based on a compilation of data from
instruments in private collections, museums, and top violin shops.
Example from
book.
Back of violin by
Antonio Stradivari
Thickness shown
in millimeters; hot colors indicate thicker areas; cold colors show thin
spots.
Copyright 2008
Highlights of the
Book
* More than 200
pages of color contour maps of top and back plates of 287 fine Instruments
by 106 makers from Cremona, Brescia, Venice, Milan, Naples, Paris,
Mittenwald, and other violin making centers in 11 countries
* Seventeen
violins and violas made by four members of the Amati
family.
*Sixty violins,
violas, and cellos by Antonio Stradivari, encompassing 64 years of his
working life (1670-1734).
* Forty-two
instruments by five Guarneri family members, including 23 working concert
violins by Guarneri del Gesu.
* Useful details
on rib thickness, tap tones, arching height, ff-hole spacing, repairs, and
instrument weights.
* Examples of
early Brescian violins and violins by Gasparo and Maggini, and examples of
later work by the Ruggeris.
* An assortment of
great makers from Venice, including Peter
Guarneri, Seraphin, Bellosio, Montagnana, and Gofriller.
* Some instruments
in original unmodified condition
* Thirty-one
examples of classic violas
* Twenty-one concert-class
cellos by Stradivari, Andrea Guarneri, Gofriller, C.G. Testore, Montagnana,
Jos Guarneri filius Andrea, Francesco Ruggeri, David Tecchler, and Peter
Guarneri of Venice; including
several with poplar backs.
* Many modern
Italian makers are included, including Panormo, Pressenda, Rocca, Scarampella, Fiorini, Ornati, and Garimberti.
* Instruments made
by the best modern American, French, German, Norwegian, and Swedish makers
are included to show successful ways of graduating new wood.
*More than 35,000
thickness measurements are shown.
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Ordering
Information
The new expanded version is available.
Price: US$350, shipping included
Payment is accepted by credit
card (VISA, Mastercard), money order, or check.
Kenmore Violins
6522-C Bothell Way NE
Kenmore, WA 98028 USA
Phone 425 488-0841
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