Harps

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Paperback: 150 pages.
Publisher: Universidad del País Vasco
Language: Castellano

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This comprehensive manual on harp making by Jerry Brown, Musicmaker's founder, has received rave reviews from around the world. This book teaches you how to design and build your own harp from scratch. Jerry outlines his Twelve Golden Rules of harpmaking, and he explains the harmonic curve in a way that everyone can understand. Chapter four includes what he calls The Great Soundboard Debate, explaining the pros and cons of using solid versus laminated wood for soundboards. This resource will easily save the novice harp maker the cost of the book many times over. The book comes with one copy of the Harp Design Worksheet.

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Publisher: Musicmaker's Kits, Inc; First Edition edition (2003)
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This book addresses core questions about the role of materials in general and of wood in particular in the construction of string instruments used in the modern symphony orchestra – violins, violas, cellos and basses. Further attention is given to materials for classical guitars, harps, harpsichords and pianos. While some of the approaches discussed are traditional, most of them depend upon new scientific approaches to the study of the structure of materials, such as for example wood cell structure, which is visible only using modern high resolution microscopic techniques. Many examples of modern and classical instruments are examined, together with the relevance of classical techniques for the treatment of wood. Composite materials, especially designed for soundboards could be a good substitute for some traditional wood species. The body and soundboard of the instrument are of major importance for their acoustical properties, but the study also examines traditional and new wood species used for items such as bows, the instrument neck, string pegs, etc. Wood species’ properties for musical instruments and growth origins of woods used by great makers such as Antonio Stradivari are examined and compared with more recently grown woods available to current makers. The role of varnish in the appearance and acoustics of the final instrument is also discussed, since it has often been proposed as a ‘secret ingredient’ used by great makers. Aspects related to strings are commented.As well as discussing these subjects, with many illustrations from classical and contemporary instruments, the book gives attention to conservation and restoration of old instruments and the physical results of these techniques. There is also discussion of the current value of old instruments both for modern performances and as works of art having great monetary value.The book will be of interest and value to researchers, advanced students, music historians, and contemporary string instrument makers. Musicians in general, particularly those playing string instruments, will also find its revelations fascinating. It will also attract the attention of those using wood for a variety of other purposes, for its use in musical instruments uncovers many of its fundamental features.

Hardcover: 975 pages.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Language: English

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Compendio de varios artículos sobre la reconstrucción de los instrumentos de cuerda que aparecen en las esculturas del Pórtico de la Gloria y el Palacio de Gelmirez de Santiago de Compostela, realizado por un grupo de artesanos e investigadores de instrumentos tradicionales. Muy bien editado e ilustrado con excelentes fotografías de los instrumentos terminados y de las esculturas originales. En los artículos se abordan diferentes aspectos del proceso de reconstrucción y que pasos se dieron para realizarla, que decisiones se tomaron para suplir lo que la piedra no puede reflejar y el porqué.

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Publisher: Deputación Provincial de Lugo.
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Compendio de varios artículos sobre la reconstrucción de los instrumentos de cuerda que aparecen en las esculturas del Pórtico de la Gloria y el Palacio de Gelmirez de Santiago de Compostela, realizado por un grupo de artesanos e investigadores de instrumentos tradicionales. Muy bien editado e ilustrado con excelentes fotografías de los instrumentos terminados y de las esculturas originales. En los artículos se abordan diferentes aspectos del proceso de reconstrucción y que pasos se dieron para realizarla, que decisiones se tomaron para suplir lo que la piedra no puede reflejar y el porqué.

Rústica: 315 pages.
Publisher: Centro de Artesanía e Deseño de Galicia. Deputación Provincial de Lugo.
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Préface de Annie Bélis ; ouvrage publié avec le concours de l'Université de Bretagne-Sud.

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Publisher: Paris ; Montreal: L'Harmattan, D.L.1999.
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Fotos en blanco y negro y descripciones de instrumentos exquisitamente decorados

Hardcover: 352 pages.
Publisher: Verlag Das Musikinstrument (1980)
Language: Deutsch

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This book contains complete measured drawings, diagrams, and construction details for eight instruments; a Psaltery, Rote or Lyre, Lute, Dulcimer, Mandolin, Medieval Fiddle, Gothic Harp, and Classic Guitar.

Paperback: 111 pages.
Publisher: Bold Strummer; Reprint edition (June 1991)
Language: English

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Spiral-bound: 148 pages.
Publisher: Mel Bay Publicaitons, Inc. (January 12, 2001)
Language: English

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This narrative of how stringed instruments evolved in Western Europe focuses on names, playing styles, sizes, tunings, stringings and construction basics, within a chronological framework. The influences of previous instruments and technological developments are outlined. New insights are offered into the early development of most of the instruments, including viols, guitars and violins. Some of the conclusions are likely to differ from the expectations of many current early-music specialists.

: 180 pages.
Publisher: Lulu (Ephraim Segerman)
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This book will be a non-technical book on string instruments that includes some technical information as well. The emphasis will be on the practical understanding of string instruments, with the interests of performers and instrument builders in the forefront. Authors of the chapters will be musicians, scientists, and instrument designers and builders with practical experience. The mathematics will be kept as simple as possible by translating ideas from the language of physics (mathematics) to non-mathematical language. Considerable emphasis will be placed on the design and construction of string instruments. Following the structure of the author’s successful Science of Percussion Instruments (World Scientific, 2000), technical ideas will be presented as "interludes." Readers who wish to go beyond the simple ideas in this book can easily follow the references to more scientific books and to the original scientific literature. From the Back Cover Many performing musicians, as well as instrument builders, are coming to realize the importance of understanding the science of musical instruments. This book explains how string instruments produce sound. It presents basic ideas in simple language, and it also translates some more sophisticated ideas in non-technical language. It should be of interest to performers, researchers, and instrument makers alike. About the Author Tom Rossing has taught musical acoustics for nearly 50 years, and has been active in research in this area for at least 30 years. In 1992 he was awarded the Silver Medal in Musical Acoustics by the Acoustical Society of America, and his biography is included in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He is also the editor of the 2006 Springer Handbook of Acoustics. In 2009 he was awarded the ASA Gold Medal by the Acoustical Society of America for contributions to musical acoustics, leadership in science education, and service to the Society.

: 478 pages.
Publisher: Springer; 1st Edition. edition (December 10, 2010)
Language: English