The Strad Magazine - "Best of Trade Secrets" Vol 1-4 Searchable Index
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Volume - Page Article and author
TS1-8 MAKING A MOULD, by John Dilworth
TS1-10 CONSTRUCTING A BRESCIAN VIOLA, byBenjamin Ruth
TS1-13 VIOL MAKING WITHOUT A MOULD, by ShemMackey
TS1-16 MAKING RIBS, by Neil Ertz
TS1-19 MAKING THE RIBS FOR A CORNERLESSVIOLA, by Helen Michetschlager
TS1-22 USING PLANES IN ARCHING ANDHOLLOWING, by Kai-Thomas Roth
TS1-25 MAKING ACCURATE ARCHING TEMPLATES,by Raymond Schryer
TS1-28 MAKING A STEAM-BENT VIOLA FRONT, by Helen Michetschlager
TS1-32 POSITIONING AND CUTTING F-HOLES, by Andrew Ryan
TS1-34 CUTTING AN F-HOLE, by Hans Pluhar
TS1-37 GLUING IN C-BOUT RIBS, by WilliamScott
TS1-40 CONTROLLING THE C-RIB CORNER SHAPE,by Peter Goodfellow
TS1-42 ARCHING TECHNIQUE, by TorbjarnZethelius
TS1-45 ARCHING TECHNIQUES, by Juliet Barker
TS1-48 GRADING A CELLO TABLE, by Kai-ThomasRoth
TS1-51 MAKING A VIOL SOUNDBOARD, by ShemMackey
TS1-54 MAKING THE 'BREAK' IN A DOUBLE BASS,by Kai-Thomas Roth
TS1-57 INSTALLING A BASS-BAR, by JosephCurtin
TS1-60 MAKING A BAROQUE BRIDGE, by RogerRose
TS1-64 CARVING A SCROLL, by Hans Pluhar
TS1-67 CARVING A SCROLL, by Jan Spidlen
TS1-70 FITTING AND CUTTING A NECK, by Hans Pluhar
TS1-73 FITTING A BAROQUE VIOLIN NECK, by Shem Mackey
TS1-76 FITTING A DOUBLE BASS NECK, by Stefan Krattenmacher
TS1-79 REINFORCING A NECK WITH CARBON FIBRE, by Guy Harrison
TS1-82 STABILISING CELLO NECKS, by David Burgess
TS1-85 MAKING A BAROQUE FINGERBOARD, by Shem Mackey
TS1-88 SHAPING A CELLO FINGERBOARD, by Peter Goodfellow
TS1-91 FITTING TUNING PEGS, by Andrew Finnigan
TS1-96 HOW TO MAKE PURFLING, by Kai-Thomas Roth
TS1-99 HOW TO INLAY PURFLING, by Kai-Thomas Roth
TS1-102 MAKINGAN EDGE, by Jan Spidlen
TS1-105 MAKINGAN EDGE II, by Jan Spidlen
TS1-108 FITTINGAND GLUING C-BOUT PURFLING, by John Gosling
TS1-111 MAPLEEDGING, by Raymond Schryer
TS1-114 RECREATINGBAROQUE PURFLING, by Andreas Jacobi
TS1-118 GRINDINGPIGMENTS, by John Dilworth
TS1-121 PREPARINGTHE GROUND, by Gregg Alf
TS1-124 HOWTO MAKE VARNISH, by Adele Beardsmore
TS1-127 HOWTO APPLY VARNISH, by William Scott
TS1-130 BURNISHINGVARNISH TO A FINE POLISH, by Joe Robson
TS1-134 CLOSINGCRACKS ON THE TOP OR BACK, by Wendy Moes
TS1-137 PATCHFITTING, by Joseph Grubaugh and Sigrun Seifert
TS1-140 ARCHINGCORRECTION, by John Milnes
TS1-143 HOWTO USE UV LIGHT IN RESTORATION, by Mark Robinson
TS1-147 FIXINGCRACKS ON A DOUBLE BASS BACK, by James Ham
TS1-150 HOWTO REPAIR PEGBOX CRACKS, by Florian Leonhard
TS2-4 Collected articles by Gregg Alf, James Ham, Adele Beardsmore, Shem Mackey, Kai-Thomas Roth,Matthew Wehling
TS2-8 Making a thickness map by Hans Pluhar
TS2-11 Installing a violin bass-bar by FengJiang
TS2-14 Cutting a double bass f-hole by Stefan Krattenmacher
TS2-17 A historically informed system of plate shaping by Jeremie Legrand
TS2-20 Lashing ribs to blocks by Francis Kuttner
TS2-23 Cutting wood in the right direction by Nicolas Gilles
TS2-28 Setting a neck by Howard Needham
TS2-31 Peghole placement by William Scott
TS2-34 Carving an asymmetrical viola scroll by David Rivinus
TS2-37 Shaping necks using a mortise rig by Raymond Schryer
TS2-40 Carving a scroll using angular templates by Torbjorn Zethelius
TS2-43 Making pegs by Eric Meyer
TS2-46 A speedy tuning system for basses by Mario Lamarre
TS2-50 Brescian type purfling 1 by Helen Michetschlager
TS2-53 Brescian type purfling 2 by Helen Michetschlager
TS2-56 Inserting a decorative rose in aviol soundboard by Shem Mackey
TS2-60 Making madder-root lakes by David Rivinus
TS2-63 Antiquing by Gregg Alf
TS2-66 Making plaster casts using vacuum bagging by Andrea Ortona
TS2-69 Reinforcing a crack under the bass-bar of a double bass by James Ham
TS2-72 Correcting arching using a vacuum by Christian Schabbon
TS2-76 Using a CNC router for violin making by Michael Molnar
TS2-79 Modifying woodworking planes by James Ham
TS2-82 Making a universal cam-action work cradle by Guy Rabut
TS2-85 Working efficiently with hot glue by David Burgess
TS2-90 Making a Baroque ivory frog by Roger Rose
TS2-93 Making a Baroque bow by Roger Rose
TS2-96 Packaging bows for transportation by Benoit Rolland
TS2-99 Winding a bow grip from silver and silk by Matthew Wehling
TS2-102 Inserting a microlens into a bow by Matthew Wehling
TS2-105 Repairing a bow by Giovanni Lucchi
TS2-108 Restoring bow frogs by Giovanni Lucchi
TS2-111 Centringa bow's button hole Matthew Wehling
TS2-114 Reattaching bow buttons by Matthew Wehling
TS3-4 Using a skeleton mould by Andrew Carruthers
TS3-7 Using a ghost mould by Maurizio Tadioli
TS3-6 Making Cremonese comer templates by Torbyom Zethelius
TS3-10 Clamping a cello back and top joint by Francis Kuttner
TS3-13 Casting a soundhole by Shem Mackey
TS3-19 Clamping a violin f-hole crack by Sharon Que
TS3-22 Reducing the length of a viola rib structure by Marcus Klimke
TS3-26 Fitting a new fingerboard to an old violin by Andrew Ryan
TS3-29 Drawing a scroll on a computer by Kevin Kelly
TS3-32 Setting a Baroque neck by Mathijs Heyligers
TS3-35 Bending a violin neck by Jan Pidlen
TS3-38 Viola neck shaping by Helen Michetschlager
TS3-41 Making a top nut by Andrew Finnigan
TS3-44 Neck fitting by Helen Michetschlager
TS3-47 Making a viola da gamba scroll by Hubert de Launay
TS3-50 Digitising the violin fingerboard by Joseph Curtin, Alex Sobolev
TS3-54 Notes on edgework and purfling by Ulrich Hinsberger
TS3-57 Making purfling by John Dilworth
TS3-62 Making traditional lake pigments —part one by Eero Haahti
TS3-65 Making traditional lake pigments —part two by Eero Haahti
TS3-68 Antiquing — part one by Jeff Phillips,Antoine Nedelec
TS3-71 Antiquing — part two by Jeff Phillips,Antoine Nedelec
TS3-76 Making a Baroque bow by Philip Brown
TS3-79 Removing a broken screw shaft by Eric Lane
TS3-82 Drilling out a broken brass eyelet by Matt Wehling
TS3-86 Marking the set-up by Joseph Curtin
TS3-89 Installing adjusters for a doublebass bridge by Mario Lamarre
TS3-92 Making a low-C extension for a double bass by David Briggs
TS3-96 Making a profiler by Nicolas Gilles
TS3-99 Making a rehairable brush by Guy Rabut
TS3-102 Treatmentof woodworm damage using wood filler by John Gosling
TS3-105 Usingglass beads to measure wood density & interior air volume by Douglas Cox
TS3-108 Makingand sharpening card scrapers by Michael Kiiberling
TS3-111 Replacingmissing ivory in a violin chamfer by Janet Starck-Toon
TS3-114 Spiral bushings for peghole repair by Dan Weisshaar
TS4-4 Harvesting pine resin for varnish by Nicolas Gilles
TS4-6 Annual wood jointing session by Feng Jiang
TS4-9 Pre-bushing a cello endpin hole by Michael Doran
TS4-12 Laying out the corners by ChristopherJacoby
TS4-15 Marking out measurements Torbjorn by Zethelius
TS4-18 Using a 'double-cross' violin mould by Carsten Hoffmann
TS4-21 Making a cello mould by Sebastian Zens
TS4-24 Clamping a centre joint by George Yu
TS4-27 Installing a carbon-fibre reinforcement to a cello neck by Raymond Schryer
TS4-31 Decorating a viol soundhole by Shem Mackey
TS4-34 Laying out f-holes by Torbjorn Zethelius
TS4-38 Adapting a workspace for vamishing by Joseph Curtin
TS4-41 Making lake pigments for varnish by Paul Belin
TS4-47 A personal approach to varnishing by Hans Johannsson
TS4-50 Blackening the chamfers by Davide Sora
TS4-54 Gluing cracks by Christian Schabbon
TS4-57 Maintaining a good gluing surface by Sharon Que
TS4-60 Repairing divots in bass and celloplate edges by Arnold Schnitzer and Keiren O'hara
TS4-63 Peg restoration by Jenelle Steele Eric Lane
TS4-66 Cello rib doubling by Andrew Carruthers
TS4-69 The 'pastry bag' approach to making plaster casts by Francesco Piasentini
TS4-72 Making plaster casts for restorations by Jan Spidlen and Vaclav Pikrt
TS4-76 A different approach to the bass-bar by Christian Bayon
TS4-79 Colouring boxwood pegs by Collin Gallahue
TS4-82 Making and fitting Baroque bridges and tailpieces by Mathijs A. Heyligers
TS4-86 Making a bridge knife by Guy Cole
TS4-89 Clamping a fingerboard securely by Guy Rabut
TS4-93 Tools for perfectly squared edges by Davide Sora
TS4-96 A shop-made hand plane for fingerboards David Finck
TS4-100 Making a drill bit for a Parisian eye by Matt Wehling
TS4-103 Making a bow button by Bernd Etzler
TS4-107 Repairing a bow head by Steve Beckley
TS4-110 Removing a broken screw embedded in a bow stick by Eric Lane
TS4-113 Thumb projection crack removal by Jenelle Steele
TS4-116 Building an ebony stop into a bow frog by Matt Wehling