ASTA stringed instrument repair and maintenance manual / the American String Teachers Association ; John D. Zurfluh, editor ; caricatures by Otto Erdesz.
| Author/creator | American String Teachers Association |
| Other author | Zurfluh, John, 1947- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | [Place of publication not identified] : The Association, 1978. |
| Description | 131 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | A.S.T.A. stringed instrument repair and maintenance manual |
| Variant title | American String Teachers Association stringed instrument repair and maintenance manual |
| Contents | Section one. Tools and equipment ; Maintenance of stringed instruments / by Tauno O. Ekonen ; Emergency repairs -- Section two. The bow: care ; The bow: rehairing ; The structure of bow hair / Robert Fryxell ; An alternative method of rehairing bows ; Plugs which secure the hair ; Rehairing operational steps ; The bow: repairing ; Solving some of the unexpected problems in the rehairing of bows / by J. P. McKinney ; Bows: hints and observations / by Samuel Kolstein ; Rosin -- Section three. Zones of repair for violin family instruments ; Zone I: Scroll area ; Zone II: The fingerboard and neck setting ; Neck repair / by David L. Reeve ; Neck setting and resetting / by Samuel Kolstein ; Zone III: The F-holes, bridge, sound post and bass-bar ; Zone IV: The tailpiece with strings attached, tuners, tail-gut or Sacconi device, saddle and button or end pin ; Zone V: Repair of the instrument body ; Gluing open seams and cracks on instruments of the violin family ; Repair of seams and cracks / by Samuel Kolstein ; Warped rib cracks / by David L. Reeve -- Section four. Articles of special interest. Case repair ; Choice of wood for fine instruments / by Otto Erdesz ; Items contributing quality in the construction of a violin / by Samuel Bousky and Ernest L. Shertenlieb ; How to choose a violin for purchase / by Peter Paul Prier ; Selecting a bow for one's own use ; Handling a stringed instrument / by Louis Kievman ; Tips for shipping violins and violas / by Eric Chapman ; Shipping cellos and basses (excerpts) / by Barrie Kolstein ; Shipping bows ; Special section: double bass repairing / by David Stanton ; An introduction to restoration / by David Stanton -- List of some repair books and pamphlets for would be repairers. |
| General note | Originally loose-leaf for additional inserts. |
| Other title | Stringed instrument repair and maintenance manual. |
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