2022 Setup and Repair Worksheet
Download this worksheet to keep easily accessible records of your work, both for new instruments and repairs.
This free worksheet is an Excel spreadsheet which you can download, edit, and print.
It has two tabs, one with lines in the cells for use on printed paper, and one without lines in the cells for use on a computer.
ARTICLES
A Simple Sound Post Cutting Jig (pdf)
by William Atwood & Tom Croen
Catgut Acoustical Society Journal Vol.4, No. 2 (Series II) November 2000
Report on a Bass Bar Study (pdf)
by Tom Croen & William Atwood
From the Violin Society of America Journal Presented November 11, 1996
A Fresh Look at Fingerboards (pdf)
by Tom Croen
June 2013
Click to see spreadsheet of fingerboard measurements
Animation Accompanying Fingerboard Presentation
by Tom Croen
June 2013
When Good Pegs Go Bad (pdf)
by Tom Croen
Strings Magazine, February/March 2002
The Bridge Curve (pdf)
by Richard Menzel
CAS Journal, November 1995
links
Reed Yeboah Fine Violins (website)
East Coast Representative for Tom Croen Violins & Violas
ViolinVarnish.com (website)
A good source for varnishes
Jacob de Launay (website)
Tools
Luthier's Friend (website)
A clever sanding system for makers
