Menu
The Strad Shop
Login / Register
Sign inCreate an Account

Lost your password?
0 items / £0.00
The Strad Shop The Strad Shop
  • Home
  • Posters
  • Produced by The Strad
  • Merchants
  • Lutherie
  • Playing
  • Teaching
  • Issues
  • Subscriptions
Login / Register
0 items / £0.00
Menu
The Strad Shop
Login / Register
0 items / £0.00
SaleNew
Click to enlarge
Home Other Gifts The Best of Trade Secrets Tailored Bundle
The Strad Calendar 2027: Anders Sveaas Charitable Foundation
The Strad Calendar 2027: Anders Sveaas Charitable Foundation £22.95
Back to products
In Focus
In Focus £40.00

The Best of Trade Secrets Tailored Bundle

From: £70.00 Original price was: £70.00.£59.99Current price is: £59.99.

This tailored bundle allows you to choose any two or more books within The Best of Trade Secrets series and get £5 off each book.

The Best of Trade Secrets series brings together some of the most useful articles from The Strad’s ever popular section on the instrument making process. Luthiers from all over the world have contributed articles explaining their own special methods for overcoming some of the trickiest problems in instrument making. All the techniques are fully illustrated and clearly explained in step-by-step how-to guides.

Almost every part of the making process has been covered in these six best-selling volumes containing more than 200 articles between them. There are techniques for everything from casting an f-hole to antiquing, along with tips on edgework and purfling, necks and fingerboards, varnish, set-up and making tools. In recent years there has been more emphasis on restoration techniques, as well as on bow making.

***If you are looking to buy all six books at once, don’t miss The Best of Trade Secrets 6 Book Bundle. Pay only £170 instead of £220, saving you more than with this Tailored Bundle.***

The Best of Trade Secrets

£35.00 Original price was: £35.00.£30.00Current price is: £30.00. each

In stock

The Best of Trade Secrets 2

£35.00 Original price was: £35.00.£30.00Current price is: £30.00. each

In stock

The Best of Trade Secrets 3

£35.00 Original price was: £35.00.£30.00Current price is: £30.00. each

In stock

The Best of Trade Secrets 4

The latest collection of articles from The Strad's popular Trade Secrets section brings together methods for everything from reinforcing a cello neck to making lake pigments for varnish.

£35.00 Original price was: £35.00.£30.00Current price is: £30.00. each

In stock

The Best of Trade Secrets 5

Necks, scrolls, f-holes, arching, edgework, inlay, tools, set-up - this new compilation covers more topics than ever before.

 

£40.00 Original price was: £40.00.£35.00Current price is: £35.00. each

In stock

The Best of Trade Secrets 6

The April 2005 edition of The Strad saw the first in a new regular section: Trade Secrets, in which violin and bow makers would share the technical tips and tricks that they’d worked out for themselves and wanted to share with their peers. Almost two decades later, Trade Secrets is still a mainstay of the magazine, having featured over 200 fully illustrated parts of the making process penned by more than 140 makers around the world. This latest collection brings together 35 of the most recent articles, drawn from the magazine’s pages since the pandemic year of 2020.

£40.00 Original price was: £40.00.£35.00Current price is: £35.00. each

In stock

    SKU: TS_TB Categories: Bundle, Cello, Double Bass, Gifts, Music History, Other, Produced by The Strad, Viola, Violin Tag: producthighlight
    Sold by: The Strad Shop
    Share:
    • Description
    • Additional information
    Description

    This tailored bundle allows you to choose any two or more books within The Best of Trade Secrets series and get £5 off each book.

    The Best of Trade Secrets series brings together some of the most useful articles from The Strad’s ever popular section on the instrument making process. Luthiers from all over the world have contributed articles explaining their own special methods for overcoming some of the trickiest problems in instrument making. All the techniques are fully illustrated and clearly explained in step-by-step how-to guides.

    Almost every part of the making process has been covered in these six best-selling volumes containing more than 200 articles between them. There are techniques for everything from casting an f-hole to antiquing, along with tips on edgework and purfling, necks and fingerboards, varnish, set-up and making tools. In recent years there has been more emphasis on restoration techniques, as well as on bow making.

    ***If you are looking to buy all six books at once, don’t miss The Best of Trade Secrets 6 Book Bundle. Pay only £170 instead of £220, saving you more than with this Tailored Bundle.***

     

    Additional information
    The Strad Calendar

    The Strad Calendar 2021, The Strad Calendar 2022, The Strad Calendar 2023, The Strad Calendar 2024, The Strad Calendar 2025, The Strad Calendar 2026

    The Best of Trade Secrets

    Weight 0.618 kg
    Dimensions 29.5 × 21.5 cm

    The Best of Trade Secrets 2

    Weight 0.618 kg
    Dimensions 29.5 × 21.5 cm

    The Best of Trade Secrets 3

    Weight 0.618 kg
    Dimensions 29.5 × 21.5 cm

    The Best of Trade Secrets 4

    Weight 0.614 kg
    Dimensions 29.5 × 21.5 cm

    The Best of Trade Secrets 5

    Weight 0.614 kg
    Dimensions 29.5 × 21.5 cm

    The Best of Trade Secrets 6

    Weight 0.614 kg
    Dimensions 29.5 × 21.5 cm

    Related products

    ‘Alard’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin 1742 poster

    £22.95
    Sold by: The Strad Shop
    Our posters are shipped separately from other products. One tube can hold up to 10 posters. Save on postage costs by purchasing up to 10 posters per tube today.
    Add to basket
    Quick view

    The Strad Masterclass: Solo Violin

    £15.00
    Sold by: The Strad Shop
    James Ehnes, Hilary Hahn, Leonidas Kavakos, Maxim Vengerov, Nikolaj Znaider: some of the violin world's top names have given their thoughts on key works of string repertoire within The Strad's pages. Now, for the first time, Masterclass: Solo Violin brings together articles from the magazine's popular Masterclass section over the past nine years.
    Add to basket
    Quick view

    G.P. Maggini violin c.1630 poster

    £22.95
    Sold by: The Strad Shop
    Our posters are shipped separately from other products. One tube can hold up to 10 posters. Save on postage costs by purchasing up to 10 posters per tube today.
    Add to basket
    Quick view

    G.B. Rogeri violin 1704 poster

    £22.95
    Sold by: The Strad Shop
    Our posters are shipped separately from other products. One tube can hold up to 10 posters. Save on postage costs by purchasing up to 10 posters per tube today.
    Add to basket
    Quick view
    New

    ‘Lord Wilton’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin 1742 poster

    £22.95
    Sold by: The Strad Shop
    Once the concert instrument of Yehudi Menuhin, this magnificent violin makes an interesting contrast with the 'Rovelli' of the same year. Originally published in 2004, The Strad's poster has now been reprinted owing to customer demand, with all-new photography courtesy of the instrument's former owner, David L. Fulton. Our rolled posters are shipped separately from other products. One tube can hold up to 10 posters. Save on postage costs by purchasing up to 10 posters per tube today.
    Add to basket
    Quick view

    Pietro Guarneri of Venice violin 1735 poster

    £22.95
    Sold by: The Strad Shop
    Our posters are shipped separately from other products. One tube can hold up to 10 posters. Save on postage costs by purchasing up to 10 posters per tube today.
    Add to basket
    Quick view

    Pietro Guarneri of Mantua violin 1704 poster

    £22.95
    Sold by: The Strad Shop
    Our posters are shipped separately from other products. One tube can hold up to 10 posters. Save on postage costs by purchasing up to 10 posters per tube today.
    Add to basket
    Quick view
    Sold out

    ‘Viotti’ Antonio Stradivari violin 1709 poster

    £22.95
    Sold by: The Strad Shop
    One of the top Stradivari violins in the world, the 1709 'Viotti' helped to establish the master's name – thanks to its illustrious owner. The powerful tone and brilliance of sound created by this exceptional combination of instrument and performer (G.B. Viotti) helped to create the Stradivari legend. Includes measurements ‘The whole instrument seems to have been designed to be light, to exploit the minimum mass of wood in the plates and ribs which could support a low but characteristically stiff arching. The arching is full and seems undistorted and extremely regular. The front is delicately worked with a reverse gradation of 2.5–3mm around the perimeter reducing to 2mm in the centre. Yet still the arching is firm, with no sign of collapse around the fs or excessive pressure from the soundpost.’ – John Dilworth in the March 2006 issue Our posters are shipped separately from other products. One tube can hold up to 10 posters. Save on postage costs by purchasing up to 10 posters per tube today.
    Read more
    Quick view

    Categories
    • Home
    • Posters
    • Produced by The Strad
    • Lutherie
    • Teaching
    • Playing
    • Violin
    • Viola
    • Cello
    • Double Bass
    • Music History
    • Other
    • Issues
    • Subscriptions
    Help & support
    • About us
    • Subscriptions and renewals
    • Contact
    • FAQs
    • Postage rates
    Privacy & terms
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms and Conditions for Website Access
    • Buying Goods and Services via The Strad Shop
    • The Strad Shop Terms of Sale
    • Delivery and Returns
    • Terms and Conditions for becoming a merchant
    • Cookie Policy
    thestrad.com
    • News
    • For Subscribers
    • Student Hub
    • Playing Hub
    • Podcast
    • Lutherie
    • Magazine
    • Jobs
    • Directory
    • Subscribe
    • Competitions
    • Reviews
    • Debate
    • Artists
    • Accessories
    Published by Newsquest Media Group Limited, registered in England & Wales with number 01676637 at The Echo Building, 18 Albert Road, Bournemouth, England, BH1 1BZ - a USA Today company
    • Home
    • Posters
    • Produced by The Strad
    • Merchants
    • Lutherie
    • Playing
    • Teaching
    • Issues
    • Subscriptions
    • Login / Register
    Shopping cart
    close

    Sign in

    close

    Lost your password?

    No account yet?

    Create an Account