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116 pages : 26 cm, \"First published in 1973, The Amateur Wind Instrument Maker has now been thoroughly revised by its author. This revised edition contains new sources of design and adds three more instruments to the impressive number of construction possibilities...The alto krumhorn has been redesigned, and Robinson adds a new reamer design and expands his earlier comments about reed making. This revised edition contains an essential, updated appendix listing dealers of materials and tools used in the construction of instruments, and another updated listing of museums displaying early instruments.\" -- Back cover, Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-116), Preface -- Introduction -- Wooden instruments: materials and methods -- Flute and fife -- Recorders -- Clarinet -- Shawm and oboe -- Krumhorns -- Racketts -- Cornetti -- Brass instruments: materials and methods -- Trumpets -- Horns -- Appendix A. Some museum collections of instruments -- Appendix B. Sources of materials -- Appendix C. Making shell augers -- Appendix D. Miscellaneous useful addresses -- Appendix E. Table of decimal inches and metric equivalents -- Bibliography. Works cited in the text - General books o
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It is typically read by artists, cooks, musicians and hobbyists working from how-to references.
Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.
- Author
- Robinson, Trevor
- Publisher
- [Amherst] : University of Massachusetts Press
- Published
- 1980
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780870233128
- Category
- music
- Subjects
- Music, Arts
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (43 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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