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The shape of a violin. A violin maker describes the basic process of constructing a violin.
FINE WOODWORKING #15 Mar-Apr 1979 pg. 40

Tips on building a rectangular violin case with an arched lid.
FINE WOODWORKING #41 Jul-Aug 1983 pg. 20

Notes from a master violin maker.
WOODWORK #23 Sep-Oct 1993 pg. 32

Violin woods. Description of various woods suitable for violin making.
WOODWORKER #1034 Jan 1980 (v.84) pg. 34

Tip on using a length of round mild steel stock in place of an expensive bending iron when making violins.
WOODWORKER Jun 1988 (v.92#6) pg. 497

Tips on making a replacement tuning peg for a violin.
WOODWORKER Jul 1993 (v.97#7) pg. 23

Building a violin. Part 1. Timber selection and making the templates.
WOODWORKER Jul 1995 (v.99#7) pg. 36

Building a violin. Part 2. How to make the mold.
WOODWORKER Aug 1995 (v.99#8) pg. 60

Building a violin. Part 3. The internal blocks and preparing the ribs.
WOODWORKER Sep 1995 (v.99#9) pg. 56

Building a violin. Part 4. Bending and fitting the center bout ribs to the blocks and preparing for the upper and lower bout ribs.
WOODWORKER Oct 1995 (v.99#10) pg. 64

Building a violin. Part 5. Upper and lower bout ribs and the linings.
WOODWORKER Nov 1995 (v.99#11) pg. 65

Making curved sides for musical instruments (fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, ...) by fabricating a two-piece bending mold from plywood or particleboard. The thin wood is prepared by heating in an ordinary oven prior to clamping in the mold.
WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL Mar-Apr 1990 (v.14#2) pg. 30

Folk Fiddle is a bowed instrument, like a violin, with four strings tuned in intervals of a fifth, held on the arm or under the chin. The flat soundboard and guitar-like shape are departures from traditional violin design. Built of ordinary woods.
WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL Mar-Apr 1990 (v.14#2) pg. 51

Making music. Build a high-quality violin from scratch. Part 2. Starting the violin top, back, ribs and linings.
WOODWORKING #20 Dec 1990-Jan 1991 pg. 35

Making music. Build a high-quality violin from scratch. Part 3. Adding the neck and strings.
WOODWORKING #21 Feb-Mar 1991 pg. 54

Making music. Build a high-quality violin from scratch. Part 1. Making the mold, clamping block and carving board needed to shape the components.
WOODWORKING INTERNATIONAL #19 Oct-Nov 1990 pg. 24

Build a Stradivarius-type violin from a kit which has nothing preshaped except the neck. Part 1.
WORKBENCH Jul-Aug 1965 (v.21#4) pg. 35

Build a Stradivarius-type violin from a kit which has nothing preshaped except the neck. Part 2.
WORKBENCH Sep-Oct 1965 (v.21#5) pg. 18

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