Jeff asks:
>
>Hi all, I'm looking for a special edition of "popular mechanics" that
>featured an article with blueprints and all to make a stradivari violin
>(Messiah it was called) i know for sure that it was in the 50's, but
>that kind of stuff is impossible to find these days. any pointers would
>help.
Might be...try your local library. At worst, they'll have PM on microfiche,
which you can search manually (you'll get the hang of it, and it's not as bad
as it seems, though it won't go down as competition for a tight ball game).
Some libraries may have it on computer these days.
Charlie Self
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would
promise them missionaries for dinner." H. L. Mencken
Yes, I am trying to make a violin, and to Tom (Thomas) J. Watson: I
would never have thought that anyone would have that copy. I've heard
that it's everything you need to make a "Stradivari Messiah" copy, but
$45.95 U.S. which is like $100 Canadian after S+H is too steep for me
for a magazine, even if it does have the blueprints. Thanks again
though, I now have the exact date and edition, author etc..
George M. Kazaka wrote:
> Are you looking to make a Violin ?????
>
> "jeff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>Hi all, I'm looking for a special edition of "popular mechanics" that
>>featured an article with blueprints and all to make a stradivari violin
>>(Messiah it was called) i know for sure that it was in the 50's, but
>>that kind of stuff is impossible to find these days. any pointers would
>>help...thanks
>>
>
>
>
In article <[email protected]>,
jeff <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi all, I'm looking for a special edition of "popular mechanics" that
>featured an article with blueprints and all to make a stradivari violin
>(Messiah it was called) i know for sure that it was in the 50's, but
>that kind of stuff is impossible to find these days. any pointers would
>help...thanks
>
It's *NOT* impossible to find.
But, it takes a trip to the library.
The reference dept will have a series of books called:
"The Readers Guide to Periodical Literature"
Which lists _every_ article in every mainstream magazine -- by title, and
cross-references by subject.
You may have to check a couple of dozen volumes, typically each one is
only a 6-month span.
"jeff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Hi all, I'm looking for a special edition of "popular mechanics" that
> featured an article with blueprints and all to make a stradivari violin
> (Messiah it was called) i know for sure that it was in the 50's, but
> that kind of stuff is impossible to find these days. any pointers would
> help...thanks
Good luck with the Strad replica. The controversy of what makes them so
sweet goes on and on. If you are attempting to make one, I'm sure you've
done a lot of reading. There is an interesting article a recent magazine,
but I don't recall where I read it. Maybe someone else here can help.
The story was on a soldier that was in WWII in Italy. They had to destroy a
500 year old monastery to oust the enemy. He brought home a piece of very
old wood (500 years IIRC) and used it to make a violin. It was his best
work ever and it was stolen and never recovered.
Ed
On 25 Nov 2003 01:26:56 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
wrote:
>Jeff asks:
>
>>
>>Hi all, I'm looking for a special edition of "popular mechanics" that
>>featured an article with blueprints and all to make a stradivari violin
>>(Messiah it was called) i know for sure that it was in the 50's, but
>>that kind of stuff is impossible to find these days. any pointers would
>>help.
>
>Might be...try your local library. At worst, they'll have PM on microfiche,
>which you can search manually (you'll get the hang of it, and it's not as bad
>as it seems, though it won't go down as competition for a tight ball game).
>Some libraries may have it on computer these days.
[24241] Reid, Joseph V.. You Can Make a Stradivarius Violin. Chicago:
Popular Mechanics, 1955. Pictorial Cover, HB. Near Fine / No Jacket.
48 pgs., near perfect copy, violin plans in front pocket
$45.95
http://www.bookcrazy.com/music.htm
Regards, Tom
Thomas J. Watson-Cabinetmaker
Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania
http://users.snip.net/~tjwatson
Tom Watson responds:
>>
>>Might be...try your local library. At worst, they'll have PM on microfiche,
>>which you can search manually (you'll get the hang of it, and it's not as
>bad
>>as it seems, though it won't go down as competition for a tight ball game).
>>Some libraries may have it on computer these days.
>
>[24241] Reid, Joseph V.. You Can Make a Stradivarius Violin. Chicago:
>Popular Mechanics, 1955. Pictorial Cover, HB. Near Fine / No Jacket.
>48 pgs., near perfect copy, violin plans in front pocket
>
>$45.95
>
>http://www.bookcrazy.com/music.htm
Damn, Tom. I'd love to look at that plan, but I'll be dipped if my love extends
to 46 bucks. Five or six, sure. That must have been an amazing issue. I
probably bought it, back then, though I was making the transition to Hot Rod
with great rapidity by that time.
Charlie Self
"If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would
promise them missionaries for dinner." H. L. Mencken
Jeff,
Try ebay. My cousin once found a 1944 issue of Life Magazine there that had
special interest to her.
B.
"jeff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi all, I'm looking for a special edition of "popular mechanics" that
> featured an article with blueprints and all to make a stradivari violin
> (Messiah it was called) i know for sure that it was in the 50's, but
> that kind of stuff is impossible to find these days. any pointers would
> help...thanks
>
If you need help go to dulcimercraft.com Jack Larwa who has the site makes
violins and other stringed items and is always willing to help a beginner
with any info he can. He even has some homemade finger planes etc that
might help you.
"jeff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi all, I'm looking for a special edition of "popular mechanics" that
> featured an article with blueprints and all to make a stradivari violin
> (Messiah it was called) i know for sure that it was in the 50's, but
> that kind of stuff is impossible to find these days. any pointers would
> help...thanks
>
Well, I have read alot, and I'm gathering tools needed to make one, the
things I don't have and can't make are: thumb planes, hide glue, a
bending iron , a nice set of wood gouges, and of course the 200 year old
peices of maple and spruce dried for a minimal 5 years. The thumb planes
I will get eventually and I'm sure that someone in Canada sells Hide
Glue. The gouges I will buy this weekend and I have priced the maple and
spruce at about $130 Canadian. The bending iron, I am planning to build
mysef.
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "jeff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>
>>Hi all, I'm looking for a special edition of "popular mechanics" that
>>featured an article with blueprints and all to make a stradivari violin
>>(Messiah it was called) i know for sure that it was in the 50's, but
>>that kind of stuff is impossible to find these days. any pointers would
>>help...thanks
>
>
> Good luck with the Strad replica. The controversy of what makes them so
> sweet goes on and on. If you are attempting to make one, I'm sure you've
> done a lot of reading. There is an interesting article a recent magazine,
> but I don't recall where I read it. Maybe someone else here can help.
>
> The story was on a soldier that was in WWII in Italy. They had to destroy a
> 500 year old monastery to oust the enemy. He brought home a piece of very
> old wood (500 years IIRC) and used it to make a violin. It was his best
> work ever and it was stolen and never recovered.
> Ed
>
>
Are you looking to make a Violin ?????
"jeff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi all, I'm looking for a special edition of "popular mechanics" that
> featured an article with blueprints and all to make a stradivari violin
> (Messiah it was called) i know for sure that it was in the 50's, but
> that kind of stuff is impossible to find these days. any pointers would
> help...thanks
>