The ultimate violin library: 1852–1922
$10.95
88 Rare Books • 18,000 Pages • A Century of Violin Wisdom
Step into the golden age of violin mastery with this unparalleled digital archive. The Ultimate Violin Library is a curated collection of 88 historic books written between 1852 and 1922, covering every facet of the violin—from its construction and varnishing to performance technique, maker biographies, and musical interpretation.
What’s Inside:
- Biographies & Maker Dictionaries: Discover the lives and legacies of Stradivari, Gemünder, Spohr, and hundreds more.
- Construction & Repair Manuals: Learn traditional techniques for building, adjusting, and preserving violins and cellos.
- Varnish & Tone Secrets: Explore rare treatises on oils, fossil resins, and the elusive Cremonese varnish formulas.
- Playing Techniques & Pedagogy: Study violin schools, intonation methods, vibrato guides, and performance tips from the masters.
- Catalogs & Collectors’ Guides: Browse vintage catalogs from Lyon & Healy, Kohler & Chase, and Hawley’s legendary collection.
- Historical Essays & Anecdotes: Absorb stories, lore, and reflections from the golden age of stringed instruments.
Why It Matters:
- 18,000 pages of scanned originals—no fluff, no filler.
- 88 individual PDF files for easy browsing, printing, or annotation.
- Perfect for violinists, teachers, and researchers seeking authentic, time-tested knowledge.
- Preserves nearly a century of violin literature that’s rarely accessible in one place.
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$10.95 | Buy NowThe Ultimate Violin Library: 1852–1922
A dictionary of violin makers (1890)
A few notes on varnishes and fossil resins (1891)
A Treatise On The Structure And Preservation Of The Violin (1875)
Adjusting and Repairing Violins, ‘cellos (1908)
Analysis of paint and varnish products (1912)
A-Review-Of-Ancient-And-Modern-Violin-Making
British violin makers_ a biographical dictionary of British makers (1920)
British violin-makers classical and modern (1904)
Catalog of Rare Old Violins Violas and Violoncellos Also Bows of Rare Makes (1916)
Catalogue of old master violins (1900)
Catalogue of the Kohler & Chase (1910)
Chats on violins (1905)
Chats to violin students on how to study the violin (1911)
Cremona an account of the Italian violin-makers and their instruments (1894)
Cremona Violins & the True Varnishes of the Great Cremona Masters (1873)
Famous violinists and fine violins historical notes, anecdotes, and reminiscences (1896)
Georg Gemünder’s progress in violin making
Handbook of violin playing (1900)
How to make a violin (1900)
How to master the violin_ a practical guide for students and teachers (1917)
Italian violin makers (1958)
John Askew, the Stanhope violin maker (1914)
Lyon & Healy’s catalogue (1896)
Masterpieces of the Great Violin Makers (1917)
Masterpieces of the Great Violin Makers (1917)_Redacted
Modern Violin-playing (1920)
Notable violin solos_ how to play them with understanding, expression and effect (1922)
Notes on the Construction of the Violin (1902)
Oils and varnishes (1886)
Old violins (1910)
Old violins and violin lore (1893)
Paint and varnish facts and formulae (1905)
Papers on paint and varnish and the materials used in their manufacture (1920)
Recipes for the colour, paint, varnish, oil, soap and drysaltery trades (1902)
Researches into the early history of the violin family (1883)
School of intonation on an harmonic basis for violin (1922) Book 1
School of intonation on an harmonic basis for violin (1922) Book 4
School of intonation on an harmonic basis for violin (1922) Book 2
School of intonation on an harmonic basis for violin (1922) Book 3
Selected violin solos and how to play them (1905)
Spohr’s grand violin school (1852)
Spohr’s grand violin school (1853)
Staining, varnishing and enamelling (1910)
The arts and crafts book of the worshipful Guild of violin-makers of Markneukirch
The bow, its history, manufacture & use (1909)
The fiddle fancier’s guide (1892)
The Hawley collection of violins (1904)
The heart of music_ the story of the violin (1906)
The history of the violin, and other instruments played on with the bow
The industrial and artistic technology of paint and varnish (1904)
The secrets of violin playing (1890)
The story of the violin (1904)
The story of the violin (1904)_Redacted
The technics of violin playing (1908)
The varnishes of the Italian violin makers (1904)
The Violin – Its Famous Makers & their Imitators (1900)
The violin & its story or, the history & construction of the violin (1905)
The violin (1900)
The Violin A concise exposition of the general principles of construction (1871)
The violin a condensed history of the violin. Its perfection and its famous makers (1876)
The violin and its music (1881)
The violin and the art of its construction a treatise on the Stradivarius violin (1895)
The violin how to choose one (1893)
The violin how to master it (1880)
The violin its famous makers and their imitators (1880)
The Violin Music Of Beethoven (1902)
The violin some account of that leading instrument (1852)
The violin some account of that leading instrument (1878)
True Principles of the Art of Violin-playing (1899)
Violin mastery_ talks with master violinists and teachers (1919)
Violin playing (1915)
Violin playing and violin adjustment (1908)
Violin playing as I teach it (1921)
Violin Teaching and Violin Study Rules and Hints for Teachers and Students (1919)
Violin text-book (1904)
Violin tone and violin makers (1916)
Violin tone-peculiarities (1906)
Violin varnish and how to make it (1911)
Violin vibrato (1911)
Violin-making, as it was and is (1884)
Violins & Other Stringed Instruments (1906)
Violins and violin makers (1866)
Violins, old & new (1887)
Violinschule – Violin School (1905) vol 1
Violinschule – Violin School (1905) vol 2
Violinschule – Violin School (1905) vol 3
What to do and how to do it. For those who paint, varnish, or kalsomine (1883)
Winner’s new school for the violin (1869)