Journals Published

 
   
1 #1 Winter 1974
1 #2 Winter 1975
1 #3 Spring 1975
1 #4 September 1975
2 #1 Winter 1976
2 #2 Spring 1976
  Ruggiero Ricci 9
  Shirley Fleming
  Samuel Nemessanyi, 19 Century Violin Maker and Copyist 12
  Herbert Goodkind
  Pegs and Peg Shavers 17
  Warren Condit
  Glues and Their Uses: Part I-Hide Glue 20
  Vahakn Nigogosian
  Yankee Bass Viol Makers 26
  Frederick Selch
  Violin Auctions: Fun, Profit, Regrets? 38
  Steven Wernick
  Up Bows and Down Bows: 42
  A Column of Miscellany
  Historical Reprint: The Arts and Crafts of 48
  E. and M Heron-Allen
2 #3 Summer 1976
  J.S. Bach�s Three Viola da Gamba Sonatas: 6
  Their Adaptability for Viola
  Paul Doktor
  A Bicentennial Celebration: Music for and by 11
  Americans
  Albert Mell
  Paulus Pilat (1897-1961) 16
  Louis Kievman
  Fritz Kreisler, Copy of Programs Played 20
  In Philadelphia, 1920
  Reminiscences of Samuel Gardner; Playing 21
  In the Kneisel Quartet, 1914-15
  The Father of American String Quartets 27
  Harold Schonberg
  Glues and Their Uses: Part II Casein 30
  And the Synthetic Polymers
  Vahakn Nigogosian and Albert Mell
  The Lure of the Violin: Some Reflections 35
  And Considerations
  Albert J. Kaplan, M.D.
  Gregor Piatigorsky: A Tribute 40
  Laurence Lesser
  Up Bows and Down Bows 47
  Historical Reprint: The Arts and Crafts of 49
  The Worshipful Guild of Violin-Makers Markneukirchen, 1677-1772, Part II
  E. and M Heron-Allen
2 #4 Fall 1976 (Proc.4th Convention.)
  Violin Making School of America 16
  Peter Prier
  Rationale and Methods Used by 32
  Workmanship Judges
  Harry A. Duffy
  Symposium: Old versus New Instruments 51
  Exhibition of Pre-1900 American 70
  Stringed Instruments
  Philip Kass
  An American First: Musical Instrument 84
  Auctions at the Tepper Galleries and the Southeby Parke Bernet  
  Philip Kass
  The Manufacturer of Strings for 89
  Musical Instruments
  Oskar Schuster
  Varnishes 105
  William Fulton
  Violin Making in the People Republic of China
  Jack Loeb 120
  A Collector�s Musings on the Symbolism 126
  Of the Violin
  Alexander Capurso, Ph.D.
3 #1 Winter 1977
  The Role of Hair Structure in Sound 5
  Production of Bowed Instruments
  J. James, et al
  Ernest N. Doring (1877-1955) 13
  Herbert K. Goodkind
  Viva the Early Violin 17
  Sonya Monosoff
  Reminiscences of Samuel Gardner Part II 22
  The Russian Violin School Transplanted 29
  To America
  Boris Schwarz
  The Unbalanced Bow 35
  Joseph Siegelman
  Musical Instrument Auctions: The Tepper 37
  Galleries and Sotheby Parke Bernet
  Albert Mell
  The Markneukirchen Guild, Part II 46
  Christie�s and Sotheby�s Auctions, 60
  London May 10, 12
3 #2 Spring 1977
  A Conversation with Itzhak Perlman 5
  The Curtis String Quartet Celebrates Fifty 27
  Years of Performing
  Lawrence M. Seiver
  William Sidney Mount�s �Cradle of Harmony� 35
  A Unique 19th Century American Violin
  Alan C. Buechner
  The Bach-Bow Controversy 72
  Drora Pershing
  The Kenneth Warren & Son School of 82
  Violin Making
  Kenneth Warren
  18th Century Concertos for the Viola 88
  Maurice Riley
  Fifth International Viola Congress 91
  Myron Rosenblum
  International Meeting of Violin and Bow 108
  Makers  
  William Salchow
  The Markneukirchen Guild, Part III 111
3 #3 Summer 1977
  Jaap Schroeder Discusses Bach�s Work for 7
  Unaccompanied Violin
  Louis Bailly (1882-1974) 33
  Maurice Reilly
  Louis Bailly�s Gaspara de Salo Viola 50
  Maurice Reilly
  To Graduate or Not to Graduate 58
  Vahakn Nigogosian and Albert Mell
  La Lutherie at Mirecourt 68
  Aime Gaugue
  The Aphorisms of Dr. Jules Chenantais 80
  Jan James
  Habit versus Spontaneity 90
  Emanuel Zetlin
  Emanuel Zetlin, a Profile 96
  Albert Mell
  Chang Heyern Jin 100
  Eric Chapman
3 #4 Fall 1977 "Bows" (Proc.5th Convention.)
  Symposium: The Performer and the Bow 11
  Symposium: The Baroque Bow - 35
  Past and Present
  Symposium: National School and Styles 87
  Of Bow Making
  Symposium: Bow Repair and Maintenance 105
  Bow Hairs and String 131
  Dr. J. James
4 #1 Winter 1977-78
  Joseph Fuchs: An Interview with 5
  William Salchow
  Japp Schroeder Discusses Ornamentation in 22
  Baroque Performance Practice
  The �Restored� Stradivari and Amati Violins 34
  Of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  The Second Revolution in the History of the 48
  Violin: A 20th Century Phenomenon
  Elias Dann
  Efrem Zimbalist Honored by the Curtis 57
  Institute of Music
  The Sotheby Parke Bernet Musical Instrument 79
  Auction, NY, April 11, 1978
  Emanuel Feuermann�s Cellos 85
  Seymour Itzkoff
  Kato Havas Says Hello 101
  Albert Mell
  The Violin Congress, London, 1978 111
  Myron Rosenblum
  Edward Campbell, Violin Maker 122
  Eric Chapman
  Jascha Heifetz: An Interview with 136
  Herbert Axelrod
4 #2 Spring 1978
  Wolfe Wolfinsohn: An Interview with 6
  Albert Mell
  A Visit with Alexandra de Lazari-Borissovsky 12
  Russia�s Mother Viola
  Maurice Riley
  John Bolanger, Dean of American Bow Makers 43
  An Interview with William Salchow
  Violin Making in Russia: Past and Present 66
  Isaak Vigdorchik
  Reflections on the London Auction Scene 87
  Steven Wernick
  The Sotheby Parke Bernet Musical Instrument 92
  Auction, NY, Dec. 1, 1978
  A Gifted Young Maker: Otto Karl Schenk 101
  Eric Chapman
  The William Primrose Viola Library 119
  David Dalton
4 #3&4 Summer/Fall 1978 (Proc.6th Convention.)
  The Use of Power Tools in Violin Making
  Albert Fischer 35
  The History and Interpretation of Chemical Knowledge Available to Violin Makers
  Dr. Joseph Nagyvary 147
  The Mittenwald School: Past and Present
  Karl Roy 177
  Lecture by Rafael Druian 213
  The Art of the French Bow
  Etienne Vatelot 238
  The Genesis of a Journal
  Albert Mell 257
  The Hill Tradition
  Anthony Hill 266
  Centuring Your Graduations
  Otto Erdesz 289
  Observations of a Tone Judge
  Pamela Goldsmith 329
5 #1 Winter 1978-79 (Proc.6th Convention.)
  Jerome Bonaparte and Victor Carroll Squier: 3
  Two Generations of American Violin Makers
  Mary Steffek Blaske
  The Geometry of the Stradivari Scroll Profiles 35
  Jacob N. Saunder
  An Interview with Oscar Shumsky 42
  Samuel Applebaum and Henry Roth
  The London Auction Scene: May, 1979 62
  Steven Wernick
  NY Auctions: Christie�s, Phillips and 68
  Sotheby Parke Bernet, June, 1979
  Albert Mell
  The William Primrose International 80
  Viola Competition
  Maurice Riley
  �You�ve Come a Long Way, Baby!�, 91
  A Report of the 7th International Viola Congress, Provo, Utah, July, 1979
  Myron Rosenblum
  Viola Congress Lectures: The Violist as Professional: A Panel 106
  Discussion with Ralph Aldrich,
  Donald McInnes, William Pruecil And Alan de Veritch
  The Early Development of the Viola 120
  Luthiers of the Brescian and Cremona Schools
  Maurice Riley
  Ruminations on the Viola 153
  William Primrose
5 #2 Spring 1979
  The Role of the Museum in the Conservation
  and Preservation of Bowed Stringed
  Instruments 9
  Artists' Observations of Musical
  Performance 31
  The Why of the Bow 61
  Exhibition of Violins and Bows in the
  Smithsonian Collection 75
  The Viola D'Amore: Its History, Music,
  and Makers 117
  Tour of the Stringed Instrument Collection of
  The Library of Congress 138
5 #3 Summer 1979
  The Auer Mystique: A Personal Recollection 3
  Gilbert Ross
  Christie's Second New York Auction,
  March 29, 1980 18
  Philip Kass
  Sotheby's Sixth New York Musical
  Instrument Auction, Nov.24, 1979 21
  Philip Kass
  Some Thoughts on the Acoustics of Bowed Stringed Instruments 26
  Isaac Vigdorchik
  A Seminar: Making Violins in the People's
  Republic of China 72
  Professor Tan Shuzhen
  Albert Moglie: An Interview with 107
  John Rossi
  The Violin in India 137
  Vicki Homer Richards
  An Interview with Dr. N. Rajam 142
  Vicki Homer Richards
6 #1 Spring/Summer 1980 (Proc.8th Convention.)
  Maker�s Forum 11
  Chaired by Paul Schuback
  Early American Violins and Their Makers 33
  Frederick Seich
  Development of a Laboratory of Acoustical 43
  Research and Quality control
  Bernard Maillot and Michel Simane
  It�s Never Too Late 66
  John Holt
  Auer and Flesch: The Men and Their 80
  Methods
  Theodore Henkle
  A History of Violin Periodicals from 106
  1884 to 1981
6 #2 Fall 1980/Winter 1981
  Reprints of the following articles are available:
  Some Interesting Problems in Restoration 80
  Hans Weisshaar
  English Bow Makers 96
  William Watson
  The Great Bow Makers of France 179
  Bernard Millant
6 #3 May 1983
  D.C. Dounis: The Man and His Pedagogy
  Louis Kievman 3
  Strategies for Acoustical Varnish
  Joseph Nagyvary 19
  The False Messiah
  Barbara Goldowsky Pickering 26
  The Gemunder Family of Violin Makers
  Philip Kass 36
  Results of Mechanical Bowing Tests
  Norman C. Pickering 59
  The Ninth International Viola Congress
  Myron Rosenblum 65
  A Conversation with Feodor Drushynin
  Daniel Barach 75
  Improved Violin and Viola Clamps
  Louis Lionel Grand 78
  In Memoriam: Max Aronoff
  Orlando Cole 86
  New York Auctions
  Albert Mell 94
  Sotheby Parke Bernet Musical
  Instrument Auction
  Rachel Goodkind 100
  Interview with Max Rostal
  Theodore Henkle 103
  In Memoriam: Albert J. Kaplan, M.D.
  Philip Kass 109
  In Memoriam: Herbert K. Goodkind
  Albert Mell 113
6 #4 December 1983 (Proc.9th Convention.)
  Ole Bull's 1647 Nicholas Amati 9
  Mortimer Smith
  Great Cellos of Cremona, Rome,
  and Venice 15
  Wayne Burak
  Summary of Ed Campbell's Talk 32
  Objective Analysis of Violin Tone
  Using Current Technology 35
  Norman Pickering
  Apprenticeship Programs in Restoration 65
  William Webster
  The William Lewis Tradition 79
  Geoffrey Fushi
  The Shirley Miller Bow Collection 102
  Kenneth Warren
  Bow Restoration 135
  William Salchow
  Martins Roberts Zemitis, Violin
  Varnish and Coloration 170
  William Fulton
  Susan Caust Farrell, Directory of
  Contemporary American Instrument
  Makers 172
  Herbert K. Goodkind
  Robert Bein & Geoffrey Fushi,
  "The King Joseph" 175
  Walter Kingsley
7 #1 1984
  A Tribute to Joseph Szigeti 3
  Plate Thinning for the Violin Maker 16
  Carleen Maley Hutchins
  Yehudi Menuhin Discusses His
  Interpretation of the Bach 37
  Chaconne
  A Study of Bow Hair and Rosin 46
  Norman C. Pickering
  Bowed String Instrument Making
  in Canada: A Sparse History 73
  Gilles Potvin
  An Interview with Saivatore Accardo 78
  Albert Mell
  The Current Status of French Bow Making:
  A Crisis Averted, A Future Assured 89
  Mark Reindorf
  Xl International Viola Congress in Houston 129
  Maurice W. Riley
  London's Salomon String Quartet:
  Superb Classical Music on
  Period Instruments 137
  Paul B. Carison
  Some Thoughts on Violin Making 141
  Dale Stevens
  The First Louis Spohr International
  Violin Making Competition 152
  Albert Mell
7 #2 March 1985 (Proc.10th Convention., Pt. 1)
  Makers' Forum 13
  Hans Weisshaar and Premysi Spidlen
  The Acoustic Properties of Spruce 37
  William Fulton
  The Fine Art of Creating Twentieth-
  Century Instrument�s 57
  Premysl Spidlen
  Problems of Violin Adjustment 73
  Zenon Petesh
  The Cremona Gold Color: Its
  Chemistry and Reconstruction 89
  Joseph Nagyvary
7 #3 June 1985 (Proc.10th Convention., Pt. 2)
  Retouching: Methods and Materials 3
  Peggy Shipman
  Space Age Technology for the Violin
  World 16
  Herbert A. Wilson
  Bow Rehairing 39
  Frank Passa
  From the Fifth International
  Competition and Exhibition 53
  Photos by Dale Stevens
  Old Violins and Books About Violins 63
  Walter Hamma
  Saturday Luncheon 75
  Norman Pickering
  The Art of Sharpening Tools 80
  Zoltan Toth
7 #4 1986
  An Interview with the Violinist
  Louis Kaufman 3
  Albert Mell
  Violin Top Plate Arching 39
  William M. Fulton
  What Dealers Are Looking for in
  a Contemporary Stringed Instrument 46
  Donald B. Norton
  The Importance of Turpentine in
  Cremonese Varnishes (1550-1750) 55
  August M. Seher
  Original Instruments and Authentic
  Performances: Fact, Fantasy, and Fraud 66
  Richard Rephann
  Computer-Supported Judging of
  Instruments and Bows 74
  Joseph Regh
  An Interview with Shinichi Yokoyama,
  Photographer of Antonio Stradivari
  in Japan 88
  Contours, images, and the Bow 102
  Rodney Schmidt
  Without Antonio 114
  Barbara Goldowsky
  The Violin Sound Post as a Phase
  Regulator 122
  L. J. Lorenzen
  The XIII International Viola
  Congress, June 12-16, 1985 134
  Maurice W. Riley
  A Discussion of the Metal Thumb Plate of
  the Bow  
  Mark Reindorf
  On the Effect of Heat Treatment upon
  Acoustic Properties of Spruce 157
  Charles Gadd and James D'Arcy
  The Early History of the Viol,
  by Ian Woodfield 167
  Judith Davidoff
8 #1 1986 (Proc.12th Convention., Canada)
  Modern Realization of Savart�s Violin 13
  Jacques Verdon
  Strings: Facts and Fallacies 27
  W. S. Gorrill and N. Pickering
  Venice: Four Centuries of
  Instrument Making 41
  Seymour Benstock
  The Baroque Violin 57
  Douglas Cox
  Electronic Violin: A Research Tool 71
  M. V Mathews
  Influence of Back Material on Viola Tone 89
  Carleen M. Hutchins
  Violin Makers of the Low Countries 100
  Max M�ller
  The Philosophy of Restoration 112
  Charles Beare
  Acoustical Varnishings 137
  William Fulton
  Winners of Gold Medals and
  Certificates 153
8 #2 1987
  An Interview with Louis Krasner 5
  Judith Davidoff
  Historic Lute and Violin Varnishes: 1500-1800 31
  Stewart Pollens
  Physical Characteristics of Violin Bows 41
  Norman C. Pickering
  An Interview with Michael Tree 59
  Albert Mell
  Construction and Performance of Quality Commercial Violin Strings 75
  Ian Firth
  Maud Powell: America�s Legendary Musical Pioneer 89
  Karen A. Shaffer
  Women and the Violin 113
  Maud Powell
  Bow Makers in the United States 117
  Mark R. Reindorf
  Salvaging a Good Bow from the Scrap Pile 133
  Albert W. Fischer
  Violinist Maurice Vieux and the International Viola Competitions Named in His Honor 139
  Maurice W Riley
  The Stringed Instrument Collection in the Library of Congress; The Stringed Instrument Collection in the Corcoran Gallery of Art The Classic Bowed Straight Instruments from the Smithsonian Institution by Shinichi Yokoyama 152
  Philip Kass
8 #3 1987 (Proc.14th Convention., Pt. 1)
  The Witten-Rawlins Collection and Other Early Italian Stringed Instruments at the Shrine to Music Museum
  Margaret Downie Banks 19
  Classic Italian Violin Varnish
  Geary Baese 49
  New Ideas In Plate Tuning
  Isaak Vigdorchtk 76
  Makers' Forum 110
  Winners of Gold Medals and Certificates 143
9 #1 1988 (Proc.14th Convention., Pt. 2)
  Jacobus Stainer and His Labels 11
  Karl Roy
  Panel Discussion: Arching and Graduation- Theory and Practice 34
  Scenes from the Exhibition
  Joe Marshall 55
  The Transition to the Tourte Bow and Its Effect on Bowing Articulation
  Pamela Goldsmith 63
  The Manuscript on Violin Making by G. A. Marchl, 1786
  Roberto Regazzi 83
  The Use of Empirical and Scientific Methods to Measure the Velocity of Propagation of Sound
  Giovanni Lucchi 107
  Vahakn Y. Nigogosian: VSA Gold Medal Award for Exemplary Service
  Hans E. Tausig 124
9 #2 1988
  Eighteenth Century Connections Through Musical Instruments 33
  Gary Sturm
  Effect of Bowing Point on Violin Tone and Power 64
  Norman C Pickering
  Observations on the Status, Instruments, and Solo Repertoire of Violists in the Classical Period 81
  Ann M. Woodward
  Yfrah Neaman's Summer Violin Course in Suffolk, England 105
  Paul Carlson
  In Memoriam: Isaak Vigdorchik 113
  Albert Mell
  Interpreting the Work of the Master Violin Makers 129
  Graham Caldersmith
  The 250th Anniversary of the Death of Stradivarius: A Pilgrimage to Cremona 143
  Albert Mell
  Dedication of the Herbert K. Goodkind Library at Oberlin College 187
9 #3 1988
  The Harrison" Violin, the "Rawlins" Guitar, and Other Stradivari Materials at the Shrine to Music Museum 13
  Margaret Downie Banks
  Bridge and Set-up: Complexity in Adjustment 36
  Vahakn Nigogosian
  Violin Varnish Now and Then 48
  William Fulton and Stan Schmidt
  The Transition of the Amati Workshop into the Hands of Stradivari, 1660-1684 71
  Daniel Draley
  Cremona and the 1987 Stradivarius Exhibition 98
  Paul Schuback
  Pictures from the Exhibition 133
  Joseph R. Lane
  Antonio Stradivarius and His Time 136
  Ella Santoro
  Influence of Top Thickness on Violin Tone 145
  Yuan-gong Xu, Dwight R. Dixon, Irvin G. Basset, and William J. Strong
  A Conversation with Luiz Bellini 163
  Albert Mell
  First World Cello Congress, June 7-9, 1988 184
  Edward C. Campbell
  XIV International Viola Congress, Ann Arbor, Michigan,June 16-20, 1987 196
  Maurice W. Riley
10 #1 1989 (Proc.15th Convention., Pt. 1)
  Minnesota Violin and Bow Makers 17
  Thomas Wenberg
  The Method of Construction Used by the Cremonese Makers Circa 1550-1750
  Roger Hargrave 31
  Between Symphony and Song: The Violin Virtuoso in American History 109
  Karen A. Shaffer
  The Stringed Instrument Restoration Workshop at Oberlin College 124
  Vahakn Nigogoslan
  Makers' Forum 131
  Eric Chapman, Roger Hargrave, and Andrew Dipper
  Pictures from the Exhibition 153
  Optimizing the Acoustic Properties of Violin Plate Wood 162
  Charles W. Gadd
  Violin Dealing, Then and Now 183
  Charles Beare
10 #2 1989 (Proc.15th Convention., Pt. 2)
  The Bow from Earliest Times to Sartory 3
  Bernard Millant
  Classical Edgework 49
  Roger Hargrave
  Manufacturing Strings for the Violin Family 66
  James Rickard
  String Testing 107
  Norman C. Pickering
  Bowmakers Forum 133
  Bernard Millant and Etienne Vatelot
  French Violin Makers from the Seventeenth Century up to and Including Vuillaume 150
  Etienne Vatelot
  The Geometric Construction of the Violin Forms of Antonio Stradivari 163
  Andrew Dipper
  Violin Photography 199
  Stewart Pollens
10 #3 1990
  Herbert K. Goodkind: The Man and His Library
  Rachel Goodkind 13
  Medical Problems of Violinists and Violin Makers
  Richard J. Lederman 21
  Performance on New and Old Instruments and Bows
  Stephen Clapp, Gregory Fulkerson, and Norman Fischer 46
  What Players Look for in New Instruments 61
  Stephen Clapp. Norman Fischer, Jeffrey Irvine, &Marilyn McDonald
  The Berg Bow 75
  Michael Duff
  Nineteenth-Century English Bowmakers of the Dodd and Tubbs Families 99
  Philip Kass
  Shaping Blocks for Cello Sides 143
  Harold Hayslett
  The XVII International Viola Congress 157
  Maurice W Riley
11 #1 1991
  Building Violins in the Classical Italian Style 3
  Hans Weisshaar
  Henri Temianka: A Long and Illustrious Musical Career 57
  Albert Mell
  A New Light on Bow Action 83
  Norman Pickering
  The Principles, Problems, and Philosophical Dilemma of Copying Historical Models 93
  Rowan Armour-Brown
  A Look at the Violin in 16th- and 17th Century Poland 117
  Tyrone Greive
  Some Further Thoughts on Clamps 143
  Roger Hargrave
  Radiographic Examination of Violin and Cello Bows 153
  Paul Stark
11 #2 1991 (18th Convention, Pt. 1)
  Bending of Violin Top Plates: A Hypothesis 21
  William M. Fulton
  An Extensive Bibliography for Makers and Dealers: Problems and Solutions 37
  Roberto Regazzi
  Playing a New Instrument 51
  Norman Fischer
  Pictures from the Competition 65
  Makers Forum 71
  German Bow Making and Bow Makers 91
  Klaus Grunke
11 #3 1992 (18th Convention, Pt. 2)
  British Makers of the Past and Present 3
  Wilfred G. Saunders
  Violin Making by the Conn Company Of Indiana 31
  Margaret Downie Banks
  Pictures from the Competition 77
  Copying the Harrison Stradivari 83
  Douglas Cox
  Traditional Fiddle Music of America 113
  Peter White
12 #1 1992
  The Stati D'Anime of S. Faustino in Cremona: Tracing the Amati Family, 1641 to 1686 3
  Philip Kass
  In Memoriam: Hans Weisshaar 86
  Margaret Shipman
  Cremona after Stradivari: The Bergonzi and Storioni Families 91
  Duane Rosengard
  An Interview with Peter Paul Prier 163
  William Fulton
  Bridge Feet: Why Do We Make Them Hollow? 183
  Edward C. Campbell
  Old Wood 191
  Harry S. Wake
  Fiddler's Chin or Neck: A Matter for Attention 197
  J. James
12 #2 1992 (19th Convention)
  The Witten-Rawlins Collection: International Intrigue and Big Bucks 13
  Andre Larson
  Ethics and Perspectives on the Preservation and Use of Our Instrumental Heritage 23
  Margaret Banks, Charles Beare And Andrew Dipper
  Violin Expertise: How Can We Be Sure Who Made What? 45
  Charles Beare
  The Importance of Giving the History Of the Violin Due Consideration: Update on Amati Research 67
  Dan Draley
  Issues of Restoration, Conservation And Repair 87
  Andrew Dipper
  Makers Forum 139
  Edward Campbell, Tom Croen, Gregg Alf
  Guided Tour of the Shrine to Music�s Galleries 157
  Charles Beare
  Violin Identification Quiz 183
  Dan Draley
12 #3 1993 (20th Convention, Pt. 1)
  The Trouble with Plate Tuning 21
  Joseph Curtin
  The Ceruti Family of Violin Makers 35
  Duane Rosengard
  What the Instrument Means to the Modern String Player 69
  Raymond Page
  The Unknown Portrait of a Well-Known Violin Maker: H.C. Silvestre 92
  Amnon Weinstein
  Maker's Forum 111
  Eric Chapman, Moderator
  Tempo Relationships in the Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by J.S. Bach 131
  Peter Susser
  An Overview of the Carlisle convention 149
  Haus Tausig
13 #1 1993 (20th Convention, Pt. 2)
  A Practical Approach to Retouching 3
  Margaret Shipman
  Great British Frauds 15
  John Dilworth
  Instrument Recognition 35
  Roger Hargrave
  The Alexander Technique 125
  William Conable
  The Violin 'Trade in 1992: An Economic Overview 137
  Philip M. Kass
  Moravian Musicians and Musical Instrument Makers in Early America and the Influence on Them of the Saxon- Vogtlandisch Industry of Musical Instrument Making 161
  Frederick R. Seich
  Informal Critique of the Competition 195
  Hans Tausig
13 #2 1994 (Joint Meeting VSA and CAS)
  Modern Historical Research: The Violin As Art 11
  Philip Kass
  Forty-five Years of Violin Acoustics 33
  Norman Pickering
  The Use of Mineral Ground Coatings for Violin Varnish 43
  Andrew Dipper
  Aids for Tuning Violin Components 71
  Oliver E. Rodgers
  The Collector�s Point of View 95
  John Wells
  Making Violins with Bent Plates 123
  William Fulton
  A Conversation with Violinist Rachmael Weinnstock 145
  Albert Mell
  A Pilot Study of the Identification of Preferred Violin Tone 185
  P. Thompson, A. Thompson, G.W. Caldersmith
  The Art of Violin Making: From the Baroque to the Present 199
  Gianpaolo Gregori
13 #3 1994 (Proc.21st Convention.)
  Overview of the Shirley Miller Bow Collection 11
  Shirley Miller
  A Bow Maker's Perspective on the History of Bow Making 29
  Yung Chin
  Internal Tension in Violins, Violas, and Cellos 59
  Peter Paul Prier
  French Bows from 1800 to 1900 75
  Paul Childs and James A. Warren
  The Violin Forms of Stradivari 87
  Stewart Pollens
  Photographs from the Convention 121
  Philip Kass
  Discovering Bows for the Double Bass 133
  Chris Brow
  Bow Making and Microphotography 169
  Philip Kass
14 #1 1995 (Proc.22d Convention. Pt. 1)
  Violin Making in Germany: A General Overview 23
  Roland Baumgartner
  Mountain Mahogany: A New Wood for an Old Trade 45
  Eric Meyer
  Paganini: Virtuoso, Collector, Dealer 67
  Joseph Gold
  Top Wood Identification on a Macro and Micro Level 89
  Christopher Dungey and Jeffrey S. Robinson
  Legal Issues for Luthiers 135
  Carla Shapreau
  Bending and Testing Violins 153
  William M.Fullton
  Christopher de Groot: VSA President-Elect 193
  Service Award for Hans Tausig 197
  Albert Mell
14 #2 1995 (Proc.22d Convention. Pt. 2)
  The American School of Violin Making before 1950 3
  David Bromberg
  Francois Peccatte 39
  Paul Childs
  Makers' Forum 93
  Thomas Oliver Croen (Moderator)
  Archery and the Art of Violin Making 111
  Amnon Weinstein
  Common Ground: 1950 New York City and 1960 Mirecourt 137
  Christopher Brown and Paul Schuback
  Photographs from the Convention 179
  Jay Ifshin
  Nicolaus Kittel: The Russian Tourte 183
  Kenway Lee
  Louis Krasner: June 21, 1903 May 4, 1995 211
  Albert Mell
  1994 VSA Competition Winners 213
14 #3 1996
  Violin Making and Makers in the Contrada Strada in Milan: An Examination of the Stati d'Anime of Santo Stefano Maggiore 3
  Carlo Chiesa
  Stringed Instruments of the Milanese Liutai of the Contrada Larga 43
  Philip J Kass
  Information Sheet on Varnish and Ground 103
  H. Burritt Miller
  Sascha Jacobsen: A Master Violinist Remembered 111
  David Wallace, Louis Kaufman, Louis Kievman
  America's First School of Violin Making 125
  Frederick R. Selch and Joseph Peknik
  Silicates "in Violino": Stiffening American Top Woods 177
  David Ludwik Chrapiewicz
  The Suite for Violin and Piano: William Grant Still and the Harlem Renaissance 183
  Rachel Vetta Huang
  Joseph Gingold: Memories of an Artist, Pedagogue, and Friend 197
  Bertram Greenspan
  In Memoriam: Rachmael Weinstock 1909-1996 205
  Albert Mell
  Memories of Joseph Kun 209
  Joseph Regh
15 #1 1996 (Proc.23d Conv. Pt 1)
  Musical Instrument Appraisals and The Auction Process 13
  Kerry Keane
  A New Type of Strings for Bowed Instruments 25
  Norman Pickering
  The Pressenda Family 45
  Phil Kass
  French Violin Bridges 101
  Vahakn Nigogosian
  Some Principles of Violin Setup 115
  Joseph Curtin
  Chamfers 135
  Yung Chin
  French Instruments 153
  Peter Paul Prier
15 #2 1996 (Proc.12th Comp.)
  Materials and Practical Techniques for Instrument Conservation 25
  Joseph Grubaugh
  Maestronet: Online Service 39
  Mark Wells
  Report on a Bass Bar Study 65
  Thomas Croen and William Atwood
  Varnish Archaeology 93
  Geary Baese
  Tourte Bows 97
  Barnard Millant
  Nicolo Amati: His Life and Times 139
  Philip Kass
  An Overview of the Convention 199
  Sam Compton
15 #3 1998 (Proc.12th Comp., Pt 2 and 24th Conv.)
  CT Scanning of Stringed Instruments 3
  John Waddle and Steve Sirr
  Basic Elements of Bow Techniques 25
  Richard Slavich
  Troubleshooting Bow Rehairs 29
  Rodney Mohr
  Neck Resetting 37
  Ben Ruth
  Makers� Forum Roundtable Discussion 55
  John Waddle, Moderator
  Marketing Stringed Instruments: A Publisher�s Perspective 77
  David Lusterman
  Learning from Guarneri 93
  Samuel Zygmuntowicz
  Tonal Properties: Developing a Vocabulary For Describing Sound 129
  Peter Prier
  Video on Bending Plates 143
  William Fulton
  A Discussion on Bow-Making Styles 153
  Yung Chin
  Making Castings of Stringed Instruments 173
  Gregg T. Alf and Sharon Que
  Cremona in the Early 1960�s 217
  Amnon Weinstein
16 #1 1999
  The Early Violin Makers of New England 3
  John A. Gould
  Le Messie 77
  Stewart Pollens
  An Interview with Violinist Bernard Robbins 102
  Albert Mell
  Nigo Remembered 114
  Albert Mell, Hans Tausig, Charles Beare, Charles Ruffino, Rene Morel, Anahid Avakian, Shem Guibbory, Ken Meyer Matthew Raimondi, Fredell Lack Einhorn, Etienne Vatelot
  Joseph Joachim: A Connoisseur of
  Fine Violins 133
  In Memorandum: Maurice Riley 157
  Eric Chapman
16 #2 1997(Proc.25th Conv.)
  Theory and Practice in the Conservation of Musical Instruments 11
  David Blanchfleld and John R. Watson
  Musical Instrument Museums: Preserving the Past, Confronting the Future. 25
  Andre Larson.
  The Stringed Instrument Workshop at Oberlin: Its Past, Present, and Future, 67
  Christopher Germain
  The Bow-Making Workshop at Oberlin College 103
  Yung Chin
  Adventures of a Concert Violist 111
  Toby Appel
  New Designs and Modern Violins 129
  Guy Rabut
  In Memoriam: Vahakn Nigogosian 145
  Charles Rufino, Moderator
16#3 November 1998, Part I
  How to Visualize Il Bel Suono in Real Time 21
  Giovanni Lucchi
  The Conservation of Musical Instrument Woods 43
  Stephane Thomachot and Pamela Wellner
  Tonal Adjustment 57
  Ken Meyer
  The Bridge: Materials, Function and Adjustments 73
  Jean Louis Despiau
  The Evolution of the Bow 97
  Benoit Rolland
  The Relationship of Fittings and Tone 107
  Paul Schuback and Eric Meyer
  The Pellegrina Experiment 147
  David Rivinus
  About the Double Bass 173
  Gary Karr
  Berend M�ller Memorial Award 185
  Barbara Van Itallie
  An Overview of the Salt Lake City Convention 191
  Sam Compton
17#1 November 1998, Part II
  Awards Presented at the 1998 VSA Competition 3
  Audio Calipers: Interpreting the Work of Isaak Vigdorchik 5
  Tom Croen
  A Holistic View of Violin Acoustics 29
  Norman Pickering
  Varnishing Techniques: An 18th-Century European Mania, a Lasting Fascination 55
  Christine Arveil
  Innovation in Violin Making 75
  Joseph Curtin
  Ole Bull: A Renaissance Man 85
  Amnon Weinstein
  Shop Safety 127
  Charles Rufino
  Le Messie 151
  Stewart Pollens  
  Stewart Pollens
  Photographs from the Convention 121
  Philip Kass
  Discovering Bows for the Double Bass 133
  Chris Brow
  Bow Making and Microphotography 169
  Philip Kass
14 #1 1995 (Proc.22d Convention. Pt. 1)
  Violin Making in Germany: A General Overview 23
  Roland Baumgartner
  Mountain Mahogany: A New Wood for an Old Trade 45
  Eric Meyer
  Paganini: Virtuoso, Collector, Dealer 67
  Joseph Gold
  Top Wood Identification on a Macro and Micro Level 89
  Christopher Dungey and Jeffrey S. Robinson
  Legal Issues for Luthiers 135
  Carla Shapreau
  Bending and Testing Violins 153
  William M.Fullton
  Christopher de Groot: VSA President-Elect 193
  Service Award for Hans Tausig 197
  Albert Mell
14 #2 1995 (Proc.22d Convention. Pt. 2)
  The American School of Violin Making before 1950 3
  David Bromberg
  Francois Peccatte 39
  Paul Childs
  Makers' Forum 93
  Thomas Oliver Croen (Moderator)
  Archery and the Art of Violin Making 111
  Amnon Weinstein
  Common Ground: 1950 New York City and 1960 Mirecourt 137
  Christopher Brown and Paul Schuback
  Photographs from the Convention 179
  Jay Ifshin
  Nicolaus Kittel: The Russian Tourte 183
  Kenway Lee
  Louis Krasner: June 21, 1903 May 4, 1995 211
  Albert Mell
  1994 VSA Competition Winners 213
14 #3 1996
  Violin Making and Makers in the Contrada Strada in Milan: An Examination of the Stati d'Anime of Santo Stefano Maggiore 3
  Carlo Chiesa
  Stringed Instruments of the Milanese Liutai of the Contrada Larga 43
  Philip J Kass
  Information Sheet on Varnish and Ground 103
  H. Burritt Miller
  Sascha Jacobsen: A Master Violinist Remembered 111
  David Wallace, Louis Kaufman, Louis Kievman
  America's First School of Violin Making 125
  Frederick R. Selch and Joseph Peknik
  Silicates "in Violino": Stiffening American Top Woods 177
  David Ludwik Chrapiewicz
  The Suite for Violin and Piano: William Grant Still and the Harlem Renaissance 183
  Rachel Vetta Huang
  Joseph Gingold: Memories of an Artist, Pedagogue, and Friend 197
  Bertram Greenspan
  In Memoriam: Rachmael Weinstock 1909-1996 205
  Albert Mell
  Memories of Joseph Kun 209
  Joseph Regh
15 #1 1996 (Proc.23d Conv. Pt 1)
  Musical Instrument Appraisals and The Auction Process 13
  Kerry Keane
  A New Type of Strings for Bowed Instruments 25
  Norman Pickering
  The Pressenda Family 45
  Phil Kass
  French Violin Bridges 101
  Vahakn Nigogosian
  Some Principles of Violin Setup 115
  Joseph Curtin
  Chamfers 135
  Yung Chin
  French Instruments 153
  Peter Paul Prier
15 #2 1996 (Proc.12th Comp.)
  Materials and Practical Techniques for Instrument Conservation 25
  Joseph Grubaugh
  Maestronet: Online Service 39
  Mark Wells
  Report on a Bass Bar Study 65
  Thomas Croen and William Atwood
  Varnish Archaeology 93
  Geary Baese
  Tourte Bows 97
  Barnard Millant
  Nicolo Amati: His Life and Times 139
  Philip Kass
  An Overview of the Convention 199
  Sam Compton
15 #3 1998 (Proc.12th Comp., Pt 2 and 24th Conv.)
  CT Scanning of Stringed Instruments 3
  John Waddle and Steve Sirr
  Basic Elements of Bow Techniques 25
  Richard Slavich
  Troubleshooting Bow Rehairs 29
  Rodney Mohr
  Neck Resetting 37
  Ben Ruth
  Makers� Forum Roundtable Discussion 55
  John Waddle, Moderator
  Marketing Stringed Instruments: A Publisher�s Perspective 77
  David Lusterman
  Learning from Guarneri 93
  Samuel Zygmuntowicz
  Tonal Properties: Developing a Vocabulary For Describing Sound 129
  Peter Prier
  Video on Bending Plates 143
  William Fulton
  A Discussion on Bow-Making Styles 153
  Yung Chin
  Making Castings of Stringed Instruments 173
  Gregg T. Alf and Sharon Que
  Cremona in the Early 1960�s 217
  Amnon Weinstein
16 #1 1999
  The Early Violin Makers of New England 3
  John A. Gould
  Le Messie 77
  Stewart Pollens
  An Interview with Violinist Bernard Robbins 102
  Albert Mell
  Nigo Remembered 114
  Albert Mell, Hans Tausig, Charles Beare, Charles Ruffino, Rene Morel, Anahid Avakian, Shem Guibbory, Ken Meyer Matthew Raimondi, Fredell Lack Einhorn, Etienne Vatelot
  Joseph Joachim: A Connoisseur of
  Fine Violins 133
  In Memorandum: Maurice Riley 157
  Eric Chapman
16 #2 1997(Proc.25th Conv.)
  Theory and Practice in the Conservation of Musical Instruments 11
  David Blanchfleld and John R. Watson
  Musical Instrument Museums: Preserving the Past, Confronting the Future. 25
  Andre Larson.
  The Stringed Instrument Workshop at Oberlin: Its Past, Present, and Future, 67
  Christopher Germain
  The Bow-Making Workshop at Oberlin College 103
  Yung Chin
  Adventures of a Concert Violist 111
  Toby Appel
  New Designs and Modern Violins 129
  Guy Rabut
  In Memoriam: Vahakn Nigogosian 145
  Charles Rufino, Moderator
16#3 November 1998, Part I
  How to Visualize Il Bel Suono in Real Time 21
  Giovanni Lucchi
  The Conservation of Musical Instrument Woods 43
  Stephane Thomachot and Pamela Wellner
  Tonal Adjustment 57
  Ken Meyer
  The Bridge: Materials, Function and Adjustments 73
  Jean Louis Despiau
  The Evolution of the Bow 97
  Benoit Rolland
  The Relationship of Fittings and Tone 107
  Paul Schuback and Eric Meyer
  The Pellegrina Experiment 147
  David Rivinus
  About the Double Bass 173
  Gary Karr
  Berend M�ller Memorial Award 185
  Barbara Van Itallie
  An Overview of the Salt Lake City Convention 191
  Sam Compton
17#1 November 1998, Part II
  Awards Presented at the 1998 VSA Competition 3
  Audio Calipers: Interpreting the Work of Isaak Vigdorchik 5
  Tom Croen
  A Holistic View of Violin Acoustics 29
  Norman Pickering
  Varnishing Techniques: An 18th-Century European Mania, a Lasting Fascination 55
  Christine Arveil
  Innovation in Violin Making 75
  Joseph Curtin
  Ole Bull: A Renaissance Man 85
  Amnon Weinstein
  Shop Safety 127
  Charles Rufino
  Le Messie 151
  Stewart Pollens
17#2 Nov. 1999
  Guided Tour of the Library of Congress Collection of Stringed Instruments 11
  Robert Bein
  The Nature of Varnish and the Care of Historic Coatings 51
  Mel Wachowiak
  Guided Tour of the Smithsonian Collection Of Stringed Instruments 67
  Robert Bein
  The Janos Scholz Cello Bow Collection 87
  Photos from the Convention 97
  William Sloan
  SpectraFoo: A New Tool for Acoustical Analysis 187
  B.J. Buchalter and Joseph Regh
  An Introduction to the Life of G. B. Guadagnini 123
  Duane Rosengard
17#3 Nov. 2000
  Program of the Convention 3
  Violin Making in Turin: 1800-1870 27
  Philip Kass
  The Optical Properties of Wood 57
  Geary Baese
  Why Strings Sound Different 73
  Norman Pickering and Fan Tao
  A Familiar Ring: An Introduction to Tree Ring Dating 93
  Henri Grissino-Mayer
  Lecture/Demonstration: The Alexander Technique 117
  William Conable
  The Dendochronology of Stradivari�s Violins 133
  John Topham
  Messiah Redux 159
  Stewart Pollens
  The Messie: A Panel Discussion 181
  2000 VSA Competition Summary 223
  Barbara Van Itallie
  Awards presented at the 2000 VSA Competition 225
  Competitors at the 2000 VSA Competition 227
  Berend M�ller Memorial Award Winner: D. William Halsey 237
18#1 Nov. 2000
  Set Up of Instruments 3
  Ren� Morel
  The Knopf Bow-Making Family of Markneukirchen 21
  Klaus Gr�nke
  Nicolas Lupot, His Contemporaries and Pupils: Violin Making in Paris from 1770 to 1835 45
  Roland Baumgartner
  Varnishing Today and the Old Italian Look 89
  Joseph Curtin
  Testimonial Dinner for Albert Mell 109
  John Cassidy
  From Acoustics Lab to Violin: Engineering and Violin-Making Perspectives 119
  Oliver Rodgers and Pamela Anderson
  Viol Pleading: What Are Violin Makers and the Stringed Instrument Industry Doing to Foster String Playing in America? 147
  David Lusterman
  The Science of the Art of Bowing 173
  F.J. Testa
  A Concert by the Byron Berline Band 193
  Byron Berline
  Photos from the Convention 201
  Contemporary Masterworks Exhibition 211
18#2 Nov. 2001  
  Program of the Convention 3
  The Bowed String and the Player
13
  Fan Tao  
  String Motion Revisited
31
  Wolfgang Vogl  
  Strings: The Third Element
61
  John V. Cavanaugh, Jim Cavanaugh
and Caryn Patterson
 
  How to Anticipate Future Changes in Strings 71
  Bernard Maillot
 
  VSA-Sponsored Trip to Study the Messiah 91
  Helen Hayes and Joseph Regh
 
  Dendrochronological Dating of Stringed
Instruments
127
  Henri Grissino-Mayer, Paul Sheppard
and Malcolm Cleaveland
 
  Reproducing Historical Gut Strings:
A Modern Approach
175
  Dan Larson  
  Panel Discussion: String Selection 203
  Norman Pickering, Ken Meyer,
William Monical and Bruno Price
 
18#3 Nov. 2002  
  Program of the Convention 3
  Forum: VSA-Oberlin College Program Helen Hayes, Moderator 25
  Violin Acoustics: A Perspective, Fan Tao
49
  The Hill Method of Bow Making, Tim Baker 63
  Photos from the Convention 119
  Wood Borers and Bow Bugs, Ben Stinner 123
  Biology and Ecology of Violin Wood, Ben Stinner 143
  Drying Oils in Varnish, Gregg Alf 169
  The Pernambuco Initiative, Yung Chin and Charles Espey 185
  An Overview of the 2002 Competition, Barbara Van Itallie 215
  Awards presented at the 2002 Competition 219
  Competitors at the 2002 Competition 249
19#1 Nov. 2002  
  Grading Methods for Pernambuco
3
  Joseph Regh  
  Transverse Vibration Modes in Violin Bows
29
  Norman Pickering  
  Remembering Hill Fittings and the Men
Who Made Them
47
  Eric Meyer  
  Sound Adjustment Forum
69
  Guy Rabut and David Burgess
 
  The Richardson Tertis Viola
85
  Wilfred Saunders  
  Copying an Historical Frog
101
  Paul Siefried  
  Violins and the Law
181
  Dominik Musafia  
  The Playing Parts of the Bow: Focusing
On the Stick
201
  Benoit Rolland  
19#2 Nov. 2003  
  Program of the Convention 3
  What Musicians Want in a Stringed Instrument 15
  Joel Becktell, Moderator  
  Thickness Graduation Mapping: Surprises And Discoveries 41
  Jeffrey Loen  
  The Piatigorsky Foundation 67
  Evan Drachman  
  Perspectives on the Authentication of Bows 87
  Paul Childs  
  Violin Expertise and the Instruments of the
Classical Period
139
  Robert Bein  
  The Violins of Lorenzo Guadagnini? 153
  Chris Reuning  
  Expertise Forum 189
  Robert Bein, Paul Childs and Chris Reuning  
  The VSA-Oberlin Setup Workshop 207
  David Burgess  
19#3 2005  
  The Français House of Violin Making
A Retrospective
3
  Gael Français  
  In Memoriam: Oscar Shumsky
March 22, 1917 - July 24, 2000
23
 

Eric Shumsky, Aaron Rosand, Emanuel Vardi, Bernard Greenhouse, David Gross, Eugene Duichev, William & Mona Reisman Schoen and Albert Mell

 
  Nicolas Denis' Legacy 37
  Philip Kass  
  Handel's Sonata in D Major 53
  Albert Mell  
  An Interview with Marten Cornelissen 71
  Christopher White  
  Book Review: A Fiddler's Tale by Louis and
Annette Kaufman
79
  Albert Mell