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Violins

1. Connie's Violin Page
2. Elementary Violin Technique
3. Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Stradivarius Violins
4. Knilling String Reference Guide
5. Soundpost Online
6. Violin Making
7. Violin Related Links

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Connie's Violin Page

Internet resources for string players, teachers, parents and students.
     Author: Sunday, Connie
     Subjects: stringed instruments, violins
     DeweyClass: 787.2
     Resource type: documents

Elementary Violin Technique

Provides a visual reference guide on violin technique for novice students. Covers bow hold, violin hold, bowing, and fingering.
     Author: Allen, Joseph
     Subjects: violins
     DeweyClass: 787.2
     Resource type: images

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Stradivarius Violins

Information about Antonio Stradivari and the instruments he made, particularly the violins. There are also references to works about Stradivari, as well as links to other violin makers.
     Author: Smithsonian Institution
     Subjects: violins
     DeweyClass: 787.2
     Resource type: document

Knilling String Reference Guide

Offers a brief history of the violin and an outline of the manufacturing process of this famous violin family. A reference guide to the violin is downloadable as PDF, with a video offering advice to anyone wishing to purchase a violin and a slideshow on the preparation of a violin inside the custom shop of Knilling. Requires Macromedia flashplayer 8.
     Author: Knilling String Instruments
     Subjects: stringed instruments, violins
     DeweyClass: 787.2
     Resource type: documents, images

Soundpost Online

A forum which considers any and all topics relating to the crafting, playing, and collecting of violins and associated subjects. Articles, news bulletins, message boards, and photographs are grouped by issue, with an archive dating back to 2000.
     Author: Soundpost Online
     Subjects: violins
     DeweyClass: 787.2
     Resource type: magazine

Violin Making

Information on violin making including samples of sound, pictures of instruments and a sequential description of the construction of a violin. Also contains entries on wood, varnish, glue, tools, design and instrument care.
     Author: Johannsson, Hans
     Subjects: musical instrument manufacture, stringed instruments, violins
     DeweyClass: 787.2
     Resource type: documents

Violin Related Links

Range of resources about violins including violin making, composers, violinists, sheet music, software, online education and discussion forums.
     Author: Luscombe, Lief
     Subjects: stringed instruments, violins
     DeweyClass: 787.2
     Resource type: documents