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| 1 #1 |
Winter 1974 |
| 1 #2 |
Winter 1975 |
| 1 #3 |
Spring 1975 |
| 1 #4 |
September 1975 |
| 2 #1 |
Winter 1976 |
| 2 #2 |
Spring 1976 |
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Ruggiero Ricci |
9 |
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Shirley Fleming |
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Samuel Nemessanyi, 19 Century Violin Maker and Copyist |
12 |
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Herbert Goodkind |
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Pegs and Peg Shavers |
17 |
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Warren Condit |
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Glues and Their Uses: Part I-Hide Glue |
20 |
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Vahakn Nigogosian |
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Yankee Bass Viol Makers |
26 |
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Frederick Selch |
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Violin Auctions: Fun, Profit, Regrets? |
38 |
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Steven Wernick |
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Up Bows and Down Bows: |
42 |
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A Column of Miscellany |
| |
Historical Reprint: The Arts and Crafts of |
48 |
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E. and M Heron-Allen |
| 2 #3 |
Summer 1976 |
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J.S. Bach�s Three Viola da Gamba Sonatas: |
6 |
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Their Adaptability for Viola |
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Paul Doktor |
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A Bicentennial Celebration: Music for and by |
11 |
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Americans |
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Albert Mell |
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Paulus Pilat (1897-1961) |
16 |
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Louis Kievman |
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Fritz Kreisler, Copy of Programs Played |
20 |
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In Philadelphia, 1920 |
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Reminiscences of Samuel Gardner; Playing |
21 |
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In the Kneisel Quartet, 1914-15 |
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The Father of American String Quartets |
27 |
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Harold Schonberg |
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Glues and Their Uses: Part II Casein |
30 |
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And the Synthetic Polymers |
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Vahakn Nigogosian and Albert Mell |
| |
The Lure of the Violin: Some Reflections |
35 |
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And Considerations |
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Albert J. Kaplan, M.D. |
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Gregor Piatigorsky: A Tribute |
40 |
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Laurence Lesser |
| |
Up Bows and Down Bows |
47 |
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Historical Reprint: The Arts and Crafts of |
49 |
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The Worshipful Guild of Violin-Makers Markneukirchen, 1677-1772, Part II |
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E. and M Heron-Allen |
| 2 #4 |
Fall 1976 (Proc.4th Convention.) |
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Violin Making School of America |
16 |
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Peter Prier |
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Rationale and Methods Used by |
32 |
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Workmanship Judges |
| |
Harry A. Duffy |
| |
Symposium: Old versus New Instruments |
51 |
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Exhibition of Pre-1900 American |
70 |
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Stringed Instruments |
| |
Philip Kass |
| |
An American First: Musical Instrument |
84 |
| |
Auctions at the Tepper Galleries and the Southeby Parke Bernet |
|
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Philip Kass |
| |
The Manufacturer of Strings for |
89 |
| |
Musical Instruments |
| |
Oskar Schuster |
| |
Varnishes |
105 |
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William Fulton |
| |
Violin Making in the People Republic of China |
| |
Jack Loeb |
120 |
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A Collector�s Musings on the Symbolism |
126 |
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Of the Violin |
| |
Alexander Capurso, Ph.D. |
| 3 #1 |
Winter 1977 |
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The Role of Hair Structure in Sound |
5 |
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Production of Bowed Instruments |
| |
J. James, et al |
| |
Ernest N. Doring (1877-1955) |
13 |
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Herbert K. Goodkind |
| |
Viva the Early Violin |
17 |
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Sonya Monosoff |
| |
Reminiscences of Samuel Gardner Part II |
22 |
| |
The Russian Violin School Transplanted |
29 |
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To America |
| |
Boris Schwarz |
| |
The Unbalanced Bow |
35 |
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Joseph Siegelman |
| |
Musical Instrument Auctions: The Tepper |
37 |
| |
Galleries and Sotheby Parke Bernet |
| |
Albert Mell |
| |
The Markneukirchen Guild, Part II |
46 |
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Christie�s and Sotheby�s Auctions, |
60 |
| |
London May 10, 12 |
| 3 #2 |
Spring 1977 |
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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 |
|
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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 |
|
| |