Katherine Ward
    Newark Qualified
  Woodwind Repairer
 

    Site last updated  
 211stJan-2010

I hope the Links below will be of use to some one interested in
Violin making

 

Violin teacher web listings

Violinandviola.co.uk                             If your trying to find a Music teacher for string
                                                       instruments in the U.K. this web site is very
                                                       good

Royal Northern College of Music

Matlock Music Shop                              For all your music requirements.
                                                        Also: Equipment rental and music lessons.

Custys Music shop in Ennis County clare  Traditional Irish music’s best music shop.
                                                        They have a comprehensive music selection &
                                                        instruments for sale.
 

Violin Acoustics

Schleske acoustics and violin making

John E McLennan acoustic researcher

Erik Jansson Acoustics for violin makers

Experimental Modal Analysis , A simple Non-Mathematical Presentation
by Peter Avitabile

Research Papers in Violin Acoustics:    1975-1993 Editor Carleen Maley Hutchins
& Virginia Benade

The Life and Work of
Carleen Maley Hutchins

The Carleen Hutchins Collection& Archive

The Acoustical Society of America

Strings and things, Musical acoustics in Cambridge.
By Jim Woodhouse   The "Bridge Hill".

Bridging the divide. Joseph curtin interviews Jim Woodhouse

The VSA-Oberlin Acoustics Workshop

Innovation in Violinmaking
by Joseph Curtin

Wavelenght-NDT.com                       Richard Freemantle acoustic specialist.


 

Violin Making & Repairing ,-Schools ,Associations, Shops,       Information,  Seminars, & Lectures:-
 Newark School of Violin Making         Internationally renowned violin making school.

 Matlock Music Shop                      Sheet music supplier , instrument rentals and more.

Violinbridges.co.uk                         Comprehensive selection of top quality cut bridges
                                                 with dimensions and images.

Nanny Hergils Violin maker           

Alan Towse  Violin Maker          

Benslow music trust                       Instrument loan scheme

Cozio.com                                    Information on Instruments & makers auction
                                                 sales Details from the past.

B.V.M.A.                                      British Violin Makers Association.

 Lutherie 2009                              Violin Making Lectures Organised by Robert Cain
 

Violin auction sites

Tarisio.com                                     Instrument Auction

Sothebys.com                                Instrument Auction

Christies.com

Bonhams.com                                 Instrument Auction

Bromptons auctioneers.com              Instrument Auction

Gardiner Houlgate.co.uk                    Instrument Auction
  
 

Violin Magazines and articles

The Strad Magazine                         The Strad Magazine

The Bugle                                      Youlgreaves Local News letter.

 

VIOLIN Making MATERIAL SUPPLIERS

Magister Varnish Products                      Violin Varnish supplier. Varnishing resource

Kremer Pigments                                   Violin materials supplier,


Rivolta Woods for musical Instruments       Instrument Wood  supplier

Dick GmbH Quality products for Musical Instruments  Violin Making tool supplier

Touchstone Tonewoods supplies              Violin Wood supplier


Holfter GmbH                                        Violin accessories supplier, Trade only


AP Fitzpatrick fine art materials                Violin Making  Varnish  supplier


Hansellviolins Violin Fittings                      Quality Violin Fittings


Alexanderaccessories for violinviolacello     Quality Violin Fittings
 

VIOLIN instrument insurance

Allianz Cornhill Instrument Insurance         Instrument Insurance company


 

WOODWIND REPAIRS

Katherine Ward Woodwind Repairer        Newark College Qualified Wood Wind
                                                        Repairer located in Derbyshire.

 

Violin Makers Resources , Databases & Listings

Violin makers listing            Hundreds of links to violin makers from around the world

    

David T. Van Zandt  Violin & Bow making resource

World Strings Instrument Makers & Dealers List by Koji Fukuhara

David T. Van Zandt Links to Violin & Bow Makers Homepages


 

Violin Wood:- Mechanical Properties, Analysis, Humidity,
                        Structure, Woodworm.
  

Humidity Cycling by Alan Beavitt  (In Violin Making and Playing.)

This is a comprehensive Website detailing the Macroscopic structure of wood , by the  Society of Wood Science technology ---Unit No. 1

Basic Wood properties:- Wood & Water, Wood Density, &    Mechanical-Properties.

Mechanical Properties of wood Chapter 4 by David W. Green, Jerrold E. Winandy,
David E. Kretschmann.

Dendrochronology studies by John Topham        Tree Ring Science

Dendrochronology and the Violin

Dendrochronology -  The Tree Ring Circus

Wikipedia:-  Picture of a Woodworm furniture_beetle

Images of the woodworm beetle.          http://www.arkive.org  Anobium_punctatum/

Web site for anyone interested in wildlife and the countryside. Pictures

Kendal Bioresearch Pictures of Woodworm

The History and Use  of Pheromone Traps

  Pheromone , Description and explanation on Wikipedia.



 

 Violin Bridge links:-



 www.violinbridges.co.uk            Online Violin bridge archive


Aubert Lutherie Violin Bridges

Chevalet-Despiau violin Bridges

Josef Teller Violin bridges

Gunter Dick Violin bridge supplier


 

OTHER WEB LINKS

Irish traditional music links                  Irish-music.net, Music resource for all things
                                                        music related in Ireland

Matt Savage Land Rover Parts             Matt Savage will custom build your
                                                        overland vehicles

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