1) All Violin Shops directory

     The most comprehensive directory of violin shops and makers from around the world. Easy to use, a great violinists resource.

 2) Stradbroke chamber music festival

     An exciting chamber music event for adventurous music lovers who enjoy musical delights together with those of mother nature at Point Lookout on Stradbroke Island .

3)  Violin Makers of the Stainer Family 

     Violin Makers of the Stainer Family Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.

4)   Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family  

     Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution

5)   Violin Makers of the Amati Family  

     Violin Makers of the Amati Family Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution

6)   Information about Stradivari  

     Information about Stradivari Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution

7)   The Guild of American Luthiers Homepage 

    The Guild of American Luthiers Homepage. Mostly guitar stuff, but some very good information relating to bows and bowed string instruments.

8)   MaestroNet. A fine resourse for finding instruments, prices, sheet music, technical materials, and makers.

    MaestroNet. A fine resourse for finding instruments, prices, sheet music, technical materials, and makers.

9)   Ira B. Kraemer & Co.'s Stringed Instrument Purchaser's Guide 

    Ira B. Kraemer & Co.'s Stringed Instrument Purchaser's Guide

10)  The Guarnieri Family Homepage, including information about The Guarneri Family of violin makers

    The Guarnieri Family Homepage, including information about The Guarneri Family of violin makers.

11)  The Early Music Guild Homepage in Seattle. Check it out! 

    The Early Music Guild Homepage in Seattle. Check it out! 

12)  Early Music America Homepage A comprehensive list of early music sites 

    Early Music America Homepage A comprehensive list of early music sites

13)  The Viola Web Site  

    The Viola Web Site.

14)  ORPHEON - Museum of Historical Musical Instruments.

    ORPHEON - Museum of Historical Musical Instruments. One of the best musical instrument museums in the world! Includes the The Witten-Rawlins Collection of Stringed Instruments.

15)  Arto's String Calculator , courtesy of Arto Wikla 

    ORPHEON - Museum of Historical Musical Instruments. One of the best musical instrument museums in the world! Includes the The Witten-Rawlins Collection of Stringed Instruments.

16)  An interesting account of one musician's process of making an "Electacoustic" Violin

    An interesting account of one musician's process of making an "Electacoustic" Violin, courtesy of Scott Morton, of Sydney, Australia

17)  The Electric Violin website, courtesy of Andy Hollman 

    The Electric Violin website, courtesy of Andy Hollman

18)   Bob Gollihur's Double Bass Links Page Links 

    Bob Gollihur's Double Bass Links Page Links to all things related to the double bass. This is a great resource for double bassists! Includes a Double Bass Luthiers Directory. 

19)   An International Directory of Musical Instrument Collections

    An International Directory of Musical Instrument Collections, courtesy of CIMCIM (Comité International des Museés et Collections d'Instruments de Musique (International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums and Collections).

20)   A Computed Tomography Scan of a 1654 Nicolo Amati 

    A Computed Tomography Scan of a 1654 Nicolo Amati.

21)   Computed Tomography of Humans and Bowed Stringed Instruments

    An article entitled COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF HUMANS AND BOWED STRINGED INSTRUMENTS: SOME INTERESTING SIMILARITIES, By Steven A. Sirr, M.D. and John Waddle, Luthier.

22)   Information about Hide Glue, the stuff that holds violins together 

    Information about Hide Glue, the stuff that holds violins together. 

23)   More information about that Strad in the attic you have.

    More information about that Strad in the attic you have. Thanks to Johnson Strings.

24)   More information about the Stradivari violin

    More information about the Stradivari violin that's been in your family for generations. Courtesy of the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers

25)   "The Original Design of the Violin" 

    "The Original Design of the Violin" as presented by Robert Zuger

26)   The Art of Modern Violin Making 

    The Art of Modern Violin Making, by Ricardo B. Flores. Geared for the first time maker, this step-by-step CD ROM Book is a guide to building your first violin and covers it all... from choosing your tools, wood and supplies to making and applying yo

27)   Chladni patterns for violin plates

   Practicum project, including information about Chladni patterns for violin plates, by Emmanuel Bossy and Renaud Carpentier 

28)   Mode Tuning for the Violin Maker

   Mode Tuning for the Violin Maker by Carleen M. Hutchins and Duane Voskuil, as published in the Catgut Acoustical Society Journal vol. 2, No. 4 (Series II), Nov. 1993, pp 5 - 9

29)   Violin Acoustics

   Violin Acoustics as presented by the Musical Acoustics Group, School of Physics, The University of New South Wales. 

30)   American Violin Making School

   American Violin Making School

31)   An article entitled, TERPENE VIOLIN VARNISH

   An article entitled, TERPENE VIOLIN VARNISH, by William M. Fulton as published by the Southern California Association of Violin Makers. This article includes the recipe for making an oil varnish. 

32)   Information about Pernambuco wood.

  Information about Pernambuco wood. By Marcio Werneck da Cunha and Haroldo Cavalcante de Lima. Courtesy of Arcos Brasil.

33)   "Instrument Maintenance with Respect to Strings".

  An interesting article aimed at musicians specializing in Early Music by Ephraim Segerman of Northern Renaissance Instruments in Manchester, UK. This article describes tying fret knots, among many other things. 

34)    The Luthier's Library

  The Luthier's Library, is a database of instruments with detailed measurements and photographs. This website allows access to information over 60 instruments (and growing all the time) in private and public collections around the world. The database