The Conservation, Restoration, and Repair of Stringed Instruments and Their Bows

Volume I: Theoretical Issues Concerning Stringed Instruments and Their Bows

• Foreword
• Preface
• The IPCI and the Conservation of Pernambuco
  Yung Chin
• General Introduction
  Tom Wilder
• Note on Terminology
• Introduction to Volume I

Part 1. Pernambuco and Its Conservation

• Pernambuco: The Tree that Brings Forth Music
  Haroldo C. de Lima
• Conservative Milling of Caesalpinia echinata for Bow Making
  Charles Espey
• Substitute Materials in Bow Making
  Benoît Rolland
• Using Pernambuco Scraps for Tailpieces and Pegs
  Eric Meyer
• Alternative Woods for Bow Making
  John B. Aniano

Part 2. General Issues in Conservation and Restoration

• Some Thoughts on Instrument Restoration
  Charles Beare
• Museum or Concert Hall: Pragmatic and Aesthetic Views
  Robert L. Barclay
• Observations on the Most Common Criteria for the Restoration of Stringed Instruments
  Marco Tiella
• Issues in Restoration, Repair, and Conservation
  Andrew Dipper
• On the Distinction between Making and Restoring Violins
  Jan Baptista Špidlen
• The History of Italian Violin Making for Restorers
  Carlo Chiesa
• Reversibility: A Fragile Concept
  Robert L. Barclay
• How Changes in Humidity Affect Instruments
  Petr Bucinsky
• The Danger of Learning Restoration Techniques from Books
  René A. Morel

Part 3. History, Connoisseurship, and Collections

• Violin Restoration: A Selected Historical and Commercial Survey
  John Dilworth
• Reconstructing the French Viol Bow
  Ian Watchorn
• Techniques of Bow Making in Germany
  Klaus Grünke
• British Bow Makers of the Dodd and Tubbs Families
  Philip J. Kass
• The Invention of Tradition: The Price of Stradivari Violins
  Benjamin Hebbert
• Appraising French Bows on the Basis of Design and Condition
  Jean-François Raffin
• An Overview of Bow Tips from Tourte to Sartory
  Matthew R. Wehling
• Collection History and Conservation History: Is There a Connection?
  Florence Gétreau
• Determining the Authenticity of Musical Instruments
  Friedemann Hellwig
• Ethics, Evidence, and Authentication
  Laurence Libin
• Some Things You Should Know Before Purchasing a Cremonese Violin
  Roger Graham Hargrave

Part 4. Documentation

• Of Manuscripts and Men
  Koen Padding
• Documentation of Stringed Instrument Repair
  Robert L. Barclay
• Bowed String Instrument Photography: Lighting Configurations for Standard Shots
  Tucker Densley
• Computed Tomography for Assessing and Documenting Stringed Instruments
  Steven A. Sirr and John R. Waddle
• Checklist for the Documentation of Stringed Instruments
  Hans Rudolf Hösli and Marc Soubreyan
• Checklist for the Documentation of Bows
  Paul Siefried and Tom Wilder
• Measuring and Graphing Bow Graduations, Low Point, and Balance Point
  Elizabeth Vander Veer Shaak

Part 5. Materials

• Chemical Safety in the Workshop
  Monona Rossol
• Wood Properties and Bowed String Instruments
  David W. Grattan
• Animal Glue
  Velson Horie
• Cyanoacrylate Adhesives in Bow-Making and Repair
  Jane L. Down and Robert L. Barclay
• Characterization of Ivory, Bone, Horn, and Tortoiseshell
  Tom Stone
• Cleaning and Gluing of Bone, Ivory, Horn, and Tortoiseshell
  Robert L. Barclay
• The Structure of Mother-of-Pearl
  René-William Groppe and Michel Groppe
• The Care and Conservation of Mother-of-Pearl
  Padraig ó Dubhlaoidh
• The Structure of Horsehair
  René-William Groppe and Michel Groppe
• Properties of Horsehair and Bow
  Florence Billaud

Part 6. Infestations

• Woodworm in the Wood Stock: Identification, Treatment, and Prevention
  Viola Ziessow
• The Carpet Beetle: A Destructive Pest in the Instrument Case
  Padraig ó Dubhlaoidh
• Controlling Insect Infestations in Musical Instruments Using Anoxic Methods
  Robert J. Koestler

Part 7. Surfaces

• The Nature of Coatings and the Care of Historic Varnishes
  Mel Wachowiak
• Damages and Alterations in the Transparent Coatings of Musical Instruments
  Vera de Bruyn-Ouboter
• Patina and Authentication
  Tom Wilder
• Varnishes: Characterization and Identification
  Padraig ó Dubhlaoidh
• Cleaning and Retouching Violin Varnish, with a Discussion of Colour Theory
  Stewart Pollens
• Cleaning and its Hazards
  Padraig ó Dubhlaoidh

Volume II: Stringed Instruments and Techniques for Their Conservative Restoration and Repair

• Introduction to Volume II
• Instrument Schemas

Part 1. Basic Maintenance, Setup, and Preventive Procedures

• On Adjusting the Sonority of Stringed Instruments
  Pierre Caradot and François Varcin
• Making Soundposts Using a Drill and Router
  John Dailey
• Soundpost and Bridge-Foot Reinforcement Veneers
  Joseph Curtin
• The Wolf Note
  Norman Pickering
• A Method for the Reduction or Elimination of a Violin Wolf Tone
  Paul Wiessmeyer
• Wolf Suppression for Cellos: Adjusting the Soundpost and Installing a Tunable Suppressor
  Christopher Dungey
• Tips and Best Practices for Restorers and Musicians
  Guy Rabut
• Comparative Review of Edge Fillers
  John Montgomery
• Rare Earth Magnets
  Joseph Grubaugh and Sigrun Seifert
• Shop Tips for the Violin Maker
  Christopher White
• Making and Sharpening Double-Sided Scrapers
  Jonathan Cooper

Part 2. Counterforms and Casts

• Making Ultra-thin Latex Film
  Michael Rhonheimer
• A Development in the Technique of Sandbagging
  Alex Grant
• A New Look at Arching Correction before Making a Mould
  Joseph Grubaugh and Sigrun Seifert
• Localized Corrections in Top and Back Plates before or instead of Cast Corrections
  Amos Hargrave
• Making a Mould with Acrylic
  Quentin Playfair
• Making RTV Rubber Moulds and Polyurethane Casts
  Sharon Que and Gregg T. Alf
• Vacuum Bagging in Plate Restoration
  Andrea Ortona

Part 3. Surface Interventions

• Materials and Methods for Cleaning and Maintaining a Finish
  Padraig ó Dubhlaoidh
• Cleaning Instruments Using Methyl Cellulose and Deionized Water
  David Polstein
• Chemical Methods for Surface Cleaning of Musical Instruments Undergoing Restoration
  Claudio Canevari
• Retouching Varnish on Stringed Instruments
  J & A Beare Ltd

Part 4. The Body

• Less-Invasive Worm Repair
  Andrew Ryan
• Gluing Cracks Using the Block-and-Wedge Method
  Florian Leonhard
• Closing Problem Cracks with Parchment
  André Lavoye
• Repairing a Crack in the Top Plate of a Violin
  Francisco Hervás
• Repairing Cracks
  Jean-Jacques Fasnacht
• Techniques for Repairing Cracked Ribs
  Andrew Carruthers
• Stabilizing a Plate Using Hot Wax and a Plaster Mould
  André Lavoye
• Restoring a Shortened Instrument to Its Original Size Using Thin Shavings of Original Material
  Gregory Walke
• The Faster and More Precise Patch
  Peter Moes and Wendela Moes
• A New Look at Patch Fitting
  Joseph Grubaugh and Sigrun Seifert
• Rejoining a Two-Piece Back
  Robert Cauer
• Reinforcing Cracks with Parchment
  Florian Leonhard
• Using Paper to Reinforce Cracks
  Matthias Michael
• Care and Conservation of the Double Bass
  James Ham

Part 5. The Scroll and the Neck

• Reinforcing Peg Holes with Spiral Bushings
  Florian Leonhard
• Making Spiral Bushings
  Christopher Germain
• Reinforcing Pegbox Walls with Conical Bushings
  Florian Leonhard
• Reinforcing Broken Pegboxes with Graphite Composite
  Robert Cauer
• Kevlar-Reinforced Bushing
  Christopher Edel
• Reinforcing a Cracked Pegbox Wall with a Carbon-Fibre Bushing
  Jerry Pasewicz
• A Mathematical Relationship between Neckset Parameters
  Koo-Young Chung
• A Guide Frame for Setting the Neck of a Violin or Cello
  Köstler Workshop
• Bending a Neck
  Christian Schabbon
• A Less Invasive Neck Graft
  Jörg Andreas Franke
• Double Grafting a Broken Bass Scroll
  Juan Antonio Mancheño Sánchez
• Building a Better Neck-Graft Counterform
  Janet Toon
• Using a Spline to Stabilize an Instrument Neck
  Thomas Oliver Croen
• Adjusting the Scoop of a Warped Cello Neck and Fingerboard
  Francis Morris
• The Neck Heel Splice
  Christian Schabbon
• Fingerboard Gluing: A Controlled Alignment System
  Thomas Oliver Croen
• Veneering Fingerboards with Ebony
  Louis Gaucher

Volume III: Bows and Techniques for Their Conservative Restoration and Repair

• Introduction to Volume III
• Bow Schemas

Part 1. Basic Maintenance, Setup, and Preventive Procedures

• Rehairing: Preliminary Bow Check-Up
  Sylvain Bigot
• Rehairing Parisian Style
  Sylvain Bigot
• Head-First Bow Rehairing
  Rodney D. Mohr
• The Ferrule Wedge
  Klaus Martin Kuhn
• So Many Bow Heads Irreversibly Damaged
  Stéphane Thomachot
• A Recycling Technique for Ebony Repairs
  Graham D. Welsh
• An Unusual Ebony Fill for Bow Restoration and Repair
  Peg Baumgartel
• Shop Tips for Bow Repair
  David H. Forbes

Part 2. The Stick

• The Bow: Linking Musician and Instrument
  Benoît Rolland
• Camber
  Michael Yeats
• Re-cambering and Straightening Bows
  Sylvain Bigot
• Bushing Bow Sticks with Pernambuco
  Corrie Schrijver
• Fitting a Vuillaume-Voirin Style Half-Round Coulisse on a Butt Graft
  D. William Halsey
• Rebushing a Violin Bow
  R. David Tamblyn
• Bow Handle Repair Using Cyanoacrylate Glue
  Robert L. Ray
• Frog and Screw Fitting
  Roy G. Quade
• Repairing the Broken Neck of a Violin Bow with a Dovetail Scarf Joint
  Thomas Dignan
• Repairing a Snapped Bow with a Double Conical Bushing
  Randy DeBey
• Restoration of a Fractured Bow Head
  Michael Vann
• Partial Head Grafts
  David Orlin
• A Quick, Precise Method for Cross-Grain Head Splines
  André Klaassen
• Masking Damage to the Underside Profile of a Bow Head
  Rodney D. Mohr

Part 3. The Frog

• Metalsmithing Basics: Fabrication Methods for Round and Octagonal Button Rings, Replacement Ferrules, and Metal Headplates
  Roger Zabinski
• Metal Analysis of a Simon Ferrule
  Roger Zabinski
• Eyelet Replacement
  Rodney D. Mohr
• Extraction of a Broken Eyelet Shank from a Frog
  Jean-Marc Panhaleux
• Rusted Screws in Pecatte School Bow Frogs
  David Orlin
• All that Glitters is not Maillechort
  Sylvain Bigot
• Non-invasive Thumb Projection Repair
  Rodney D. Mohr
• Repairing Cracks in the Underslide Area of the Frog
  Morgan Andersen
• Replacing a Pearl Eye in the Frog: An Improved Method Using Hydrochloric Acid
  David Hawthorne
• Replacing the Silver Ring of a Parisian Eye and Making Double Pearl Eyes
  Paul Siefried
• Replacing a Broken Tongue
  Jerry Pasewicz
• Restoration of a Broken Tongue
  Peter Oxley
• Restoring a Broken Frog at the Ferrule
  Jean-Marc Panhaleux
• Replacing Missing Tortoiseshell with Dyed Optical Epoxy
  Jerry Pasewicz
• Three Methods for Preserving Details in Old Bows: Adding a Silk Underlay, Rebushing an Off-centre Eyelet and Shaping Replacement Pearl Button Facets Using a Jig
  Richard Riggall
• Copying a Historical Frog and Button
  Paul Siefried

• Bibliography
• Notes on Contributors
• Index