Violin maker and restorer Rebecca Houghton wrote this book as a gift to players, teachers and parents who need essential advice on caring for their instrument. Packed with facts and information, it de-mystifies everything from changing strings and choosing a chin rest to dealing with slipping pegs and one-off emergency scenarios.<\/p>\n
Houghton\u2019s book couples close-up photography with a practical guide that helps to improve life as a musician.<\/p>\n
Containing information on correct string heights, neck lengths of fractional-size instruments, the Alexander technique and shoulder rests, the book is just \u00a320 to keep it within the budget of young players and students. This will be a perfect gift for string players everywhere.<\/p>\n
Limited number of copies available while stocks last.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThis book is written in a readable style and contains a wealth of good advice, interesting facts and useful information. It provides answers to things that as a teacher and player myself I probably ought to have known but didn\u2019t: why are some rosins dark and some amber in colour? Why should you wrap your violin in a silk scarf? Why are most violin and viola bows haired with white rather than black hair? I found it to be a fascinating read and would recommend it to all who teach and play the violin or the viola, as well as to parents of young players.\u201d<\/p>\n Celia Cobb, The Strad, September 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Violin maker and restorer Rebecca Houghton wrote this book as a gift to players, teachers and parents who need essential<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[49,50,121,58,63,86,87],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-lutherie","7":"product_cat-lutherie-books","8":"product_cat-merchant","9":"product_cat-playing","10":"product_cat-teaching","11":"product_cat-violin","12":"product_cat-violin-books","14":"first","15":"instock","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"bundled_by":[],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":null,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundle_price":[],"bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"yoast_head":"\n