Practical History of the Violin $29.95

778 violin labels reproduced, 1200 violin makers names and biographies

The image on the right illustrates a sample label  page.

This book is a modern reprint of the original edition written by Heinrich Bauer and

published by the Heinrich Bauer Music Company in 1911, in New York. The author describes

the contents as follows:

"This book is intended to be a practical hand book to every violin player and violin owner.

It not only describes the characteristic peculiarities of the five most important classical

masters, viz.: Maggini, Amati, Stradivari, Guarneri, and Stainer, and gives a true design of

the sound holes found in their violins - one of the most important characterisitcs of every

individual make - but it also offers a short history of the entire development of violin

making, mentioning the names of almost all violin makers in chronological order, and

reproducing at the same time many hundreds of genuine violin labels in original

photgraphic copies."

Also included in the book are sections on: famous bow makers, theory on cremonese violin

varnish, market prices of 51 different violin maker's violins compared from 1891 to 1911,

discussion of fake violin labels, 8.5 by 11 size, comb bound, ISBN 0-931877-39-3. $29.95

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