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Hi All, I'm new here and beginning my first violin build. I have worked with wood for most of my life 50ish years. Little background: I've made a number of scratch build acoustic guitars and F5 mandolins using mostly hand tools and elbow grease. I'm a photographer by trade. Anyhoo, I've ordered a couple of posters from The Strad Shop (Antonio Stradivari 'Huberman' violin 1713 , and 'Vieuxtemps' Guarneri 'del Gesù' 1741). I have my wood for beginning to build, but I don't know when the posters will arrive. The Strad Shop is vague about delivery during the pandemic. My brother is sending me his copy of The Art of Violin Making - C. Johnson. So, the question is has anyone built a violin using the plans in Heron-Allen's book, Violin-Making As It Was and Is? I've attached a photo of it. Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
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We will be presenting at the Heron-Allen Society Symposium in London on June 29th, 2013. We would like to solicit comments and recommendations from members concerning books, papers, photos and ephemera about Edward Heron-Allen. This society has been in existence since 2000 and have published numerous articles and presented 13 Symposiums on this interesting English polymath, luthier and musical writer on the violin family of musical instruments. His most famous music publications are: Violin Making as it is and was His 9 Violin Opusculums Di Fidiculis Bibliographia- Two volumes Violin novels and short stories, such as Fatal Fiddle The Violin Times Journal His numerous articles on: Stainer,New Violins, Paganini,Bremen Violin Maker, Yarns for Fiddlers, Aluminium Violins, Violin Frauds, Famous Violinists, Original letters of Violinists, Old Soho Luthiers, and numerous violin short stories and letters to the Editor. Can you share with us your experiences and ephemera? You can visit the society's website at: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/heronallen/eha.htm. We welcome your advice and comment. Regards, John and Barbara Mahoney mahoneysbooks@violinsandbows.com
