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C**N
Verbose, pretentious, unhelpful.
This may not be the worst book I've ever read, but I'm struggling to come up with a worse one. The writing style is mind-blowingly pompous and haughty. That issue would merely be irritating but for the fact that as a guide to even basic violin repair, the book is close to useless. The Kindle version, at least, contains no diagrams! I've never come across a book on how to repair anything, much less something as complex as a violin, that has no diagrams(!). Seriously, you can get more useful information on Youtube.
S**X
A good book to read, uncle duke.
Although I haven't tried any repair techniques from this book I know from the reading that I'll have enough confidence to try when it's time. The story about the 300 year old violin restoration can't get any better. If this book was published in 1903 that would put the aforementioned violin in the early 1600's time period. This book is good reading for me.
A**D
Petherick et al. broke the trail.
Although written about a hundred years ago, the ideas and technique are still used today by modern violin repair persons. Recommended for anyone who repairs stringed instruments.
M**2
The book is printed without drawings. Difficult to get ...
The book is printed without drawings. Difficult to get your image around the text without seeing illustration.This review is not designed to castigate the seller!
N**N
Poor quality reprint of a good book
This book does not contain any of the many illustrations the the original did. Also, the typeset is hard to read. It looks a lot like a typewriter's typeset. The book itself although written in the style of 100 years ago does seem to contain good info. I'm keeping it now that I have it, but if I were to do it over again I would go with something else.
K**T
Four Stars
Good!!
V**R
informational reference. Handy to have
informational reference. Handy to have
K**R
Four Stars
Needs more pictures
N**S
Needs some improvements
I wish it specified the best type of glue to use. Images would have been a great help too.
U**Y
Interesting history
Not enough violin tech for me but an interesting history of violins.
C**E
... the old over elaborate language this book contains a great deal of information not matched anywhere else to my
once past the old over elaborate language this book contains a great deal of information not matched anywhere else to my knowledge
L**A
Hilfreich
Ich hab die Papierversion gekauft, weil in der Ebook-Variante sämtliche Bilder fehlen.Ist ehrlich gesagt auch besser so, denn bei Papier kann man sich die sinnvollen Textstellen markieren und muss sich nicht jedes Mal wieder durch seitenweise irrelevante Kommentare kämpfen, um die wertvollen Informationen rauszupicken.Wer grundlegende Kenntnisse von Holzarbeit hat und die Geduld, historische Materialien und Werkzeuge mit modernen Möglichkeiten abzugleichen, findet hier einen soliden Begleiter für größere und kleinere Reparaturen. Im Geigenbau sind es aber letztlich nur die Hilfsmittel, die sich verändert haben. Leime, Lacke und Techniken sind noch genau dieselben - nur solche schmutzigen Tricks wie einen alten Fahrradschlauch zum Verpressen von Teilen zu nehmen wird man hier nicht finden....Ich bin jedenfalls glücklich über dieses Buch und für den Preis allzumal.
M**E
Good little book. Full of helpful info.
So far I have found a lot of useful tips throughout this book.
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