Violin Making / 'The Strad' Library, No. IX.

The manual offers step-by-step, practical instruction for building violins, covering selection and preparation of tonewoods, shaping and carving the back and belly, purfling and bending procedures, modelling and thicknessing plates, cutting sound-holes and installing the bass bar, forming and attaching ribs, carving the scroll and neck, fitting fingerboard and fittings, varnishing techniques, and final setup for playing. It emphasizes careful measurement, tool use, wood grain orientation, and acoustic considerations, and supplements technical explanations with numerous illustrations and procedural details aimed at both apprentices and experienced makers.