Viola Making, Step by Step

The seventh in this readable, no-nonsense series, it has the same format as Violin Making, Step by Step (which it requires to avoid repetition) and Cello Making, Step by Step. It includes full size drawings for an elegant smaller (15-5/8 inches or 397 mm) viola, as well as information and illustrations on a wide range of traditional and innovative viola styles, sizes, and other considerations.

CONTENIDO:

Preface to the first edition
Preliminary
Before Starting
Key References
Background Reading
The model and patterns
About sizes
The patterns
"Small" demostration model
"Large" and other models
"Medium" models
Table of viola measurements
Full size drawings, "Small" viola
The model and patterns (continued)
The mold
Before starting
Laying it out
Cutting it out
Preparing the blocks
Gluing the blocks
Leveling the blocks
Marking the blocks
Shaping the blocks
The Ribs
Before starting
Cutting out the Ribs
Thicknessing the ribs
Selecting the ribs
The bending process
The middle ribs
The upper ribs
The lower ribs
Tapering the ribs
Cutting the linings
Installing the linings
Finishing the ribs outside
The back
Before starting
The back wood
Joining the back
Power tool notes
Tracing the back outline
Cutting out the back
Arching contour guides
The cradle
Preliminary arching
The purfling
The final arching
Hollowing the back
Graduating the back
Tap tones
Optional assembly sequence
The front
The front wood
Joining the front
Tracing the outline
Cutting out the front
Preliminary arching
Purfling
Final arching
Hollowing the front
Marking the sound holes
Cutting the sound holes
Graduating the front
Barring
The body
Removing the mold
Finishing the inside
Gluing the front on
The Saddle
The edges
The neck & Scroll
Cutting it out
Hollowing the pegbox
Carving the volute
The fingerboard
Fingerboard Stability
The nut
Attaching the neck
Finishing the neck
Fitting up
The pegs
The endpin
The post
The strings
The tailpiece
The bridge
Varnishing, etc.
Afterword
Front of early Stradivari viola