This book was written by John Nash. It has 107 illustrations: each important step in the making of a violin is clearly shown.

Violin Making Book

You can both read and download this book by clicking here .

Two A3 scale drawings of the templates used to make the violin can be downloaded by clicking here and here.

Note that these drawings must be printed at A3 size: to check that all sizes have printed correctly one can measure the length of the straight side of the violin mould in the first drawing. This length should be 35.56 cm. Charles Nash