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M A K E R S
A S S O C I A T I O N S
- American Federation of Violin & Bow Makers
- British Violin Making Association
- Catgut Acoustical Society
- Guild of American Luthiers – Mostly guitar stuff, but some very good information relating to bows and bowed string instruments
- International Violin Making School of Cremona
- Southern California Association of Violin Makers
- Violin Society of America
A R T I C L E S
- More information about the Strad in your attic – Johnson String Instrument
- Practicum project, including information about Chladni patterns for violin plates – by Emmanuel Bossy and Renaud Carpentier
- Recommendations for the Conservation of Musical Instruments: an Annotated Bibliography
- Shrine to Music Museum Homepage – One of the best musical instrument museums in the world!
- Violin Acoustics – Presented by the Musical Acoustics Group, School of Physics, The University of New South Wales.
R E S O U R C E S
- Arto's String Calculator – Courtesy of Arto Wikla
- Luthiers Mercantile International – Wood and tool source. Some violin related materials, but mostly for guitar makers
- MaestroNet – A fine resourse for finding instruments, prices, sheet music, technical materials, and makers
- String Pedagogy – By Michael Hopkins
- Tool Sources – A site for makers looking for tools non-specific to violin or bow making
- Violin Scale Charts
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