Alligatoring with jagged island edges in thick varnish on the scroll of a ca. 1800 viola. Varnish detail Producing ultra-thin latex film for making plaster casts Pernambuco flower Removing the plate in making a plaster mould for crack repair
Pernambuco foliage Completed protective soundpost veneer, showing angle of rotated grain. Portrait of Johann Schenk (detail), ca. 1700. Attributed to Peter Schenk (1645-1715), Château de Blois, France. Binding the bow for drilling. Using a jig to glue back a forward-warped fingerboard
Cambering a bow Making a patch well on a top plate to fit a soundpost patch Patinated varnish surface Preparing the pegbox walls for a neck graft while leaving the upper edge intact Repairing the underslide area of a frog.

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

  • 8.5 x 9 inches
  • cloth-bound
  • 1,600 pages
  • over 1000 b&w and 200 colour illustrations
  • cross-referencing
  • general bibliography
  • index
Volume I
General Issues Concerning Stringed Instruments and Bows
Volume II
Stringed Instruments and Techniques for Their Conservative Restoration and Repair
Volume III
Bows and Techniques for Their Conservative Restoration and Repair
Edited by Tom Wilder

A wide-ranging collection of 150 articles dedicated to the theory and craft of preserving stringed instruments and bows by over 120 of the field’s leading craftspeople, scholars, and conservators.

All profits will support the research, reforestation, and educational activities of the International Pernambuco Conservation Initiative.