Violin Forum/Message Board Forum Index Violin Forum/Message Board
Provided by Violin Vision
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

I need help

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Violin Forum/Message Board Forum Index -> Violin Making and Restoration Forum
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
amir_kham3
Junior Member


Joined: 07 May 2011
Posts: 4

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 11:50 am    Post subject: I need help Reply with quote

Hi. My name is amir. I'm new here and in violin making. I need help, Because Im living in Iran and here my resources are very ambient. I need a violin making book. A free version. I have "Violin and Art of Its Construction" and "The art of Violin Design" but I thing they are not enough. Please help me. Is this books Enough for making a violin? Or I should get a book like "The art of violin making" or "Violin making Step by Step"? Is any free versions of this books? What should I do? Remember I cant Buy anything from internet, Because my country doesnt let me.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Yahoo Messenger
Dave Chandler
Super Member


Joined: 31 Oct 2007
Posts: 691
Location: Mt Mitchell in North Carolina

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 1:24 pm    Post subject: Amir Reply with quote

Amir,
Is it that Iran doesn't permit you to have the book shipped to you? Or are the websites blocked entirely?

Sending you a private message.
_________________
Dave in the Blue Ridge
Southern Violin Association

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next with no loss of enthusiasm" Winston Churchill

"I took the road less travelled, and now I don't know where I am." Marco Polo
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website AIM Address
Bill Chambers
Junior Member


Joined: 19 Apr 2011
Posts: 17
Location: Fort Worth Texas

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Amir, Wow !! and double Wow!. It is hard to believe that you can not make a purchases with the internet. Wow! The more I learn, I am glad to be an American !!! I do wish you the best. I had a great time "finishing" my violin. Good luck.

I will be glad to help you. If you can get things shipped in, I will be glad to help. Let me know. Can your DVD players play "North American" or rather U.S.A. and Canadian formats on the DVD's ??
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
amir_kham3
Junior Member


Joined: 07 May 2011
Posts: 4

PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 9:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear Dave, Iran doesnt have any shipment with any other countries except some arabic dictators. Iran is an Islamic Dictator.
and Dear bill I dont now what you mean about the DVD player.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Yahoo Messenger
bata
Member


Joined: 12 Jan 2011
Posts: 30
Location: Ontario

PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Amir,
Try this site. http://www.pdflibrary.info/en/ebook/the%20art%20of%20violin%20maker-1.html
There are hundreds of free down loadable books.
Just go to Google and put in "violin making books free downloads" you should get lots to choose from.
Good luck in your violin making endevours.
Regards...Tony
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
amir_kham3
Junior Member


Joined: 07 May 2011
Posts: 4

PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 11:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you bata but none of them helped me, because They are not violin making books. and in google there were no books For Free.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Yahoo Messenger
Bill Chambers
Junior Member


Joined: 19 Apr 2011
Posts: 17
Location: Fort Worth Texas

PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

a DVD player is the machine that plays movies, it looks like the compact disk that goes into your computer. but the DVD machine hooks up to your television to watch movies. there are many "movies" or rather instructional videos that can help to teach you to make a violin. do you have such a machine that hooks up to your television to play movies ?? Do you know if your machine that you put the movie disk into, to watch movies on your television, will the machine play movies made in the United States / Canada format. Europe uses a different format and the movies are not interchangable.

Where are you originally from, you English is quite good, especially for someone that has only lived in Iran.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
bata
Member


Joined: 12 Jan 2011
Posts: 30
Location: Ontario

PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2011 9:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

amir_kham3 wrote:
Thank you bata but none of them helped me, because They are not violin making books. and in google there were no books For Free.

Hi Amir,
I guess I am not understanding what it is that you are looking for.
In the pdf library site that I posted the link to, there are all sorts of free downloadable pdf files which describe all sorts of aspects of violin making.
For instance: Violin making templates and forms by well known luthier Michael Darnton, Tools and basic sharpening, and Violin Making by Walter Mayson. These are all very good reading, contain a lot of information and can be downloaded onto your own computer in pdf format for viewing at a later date.
Regards....Tony
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
amir_kham3
Junior Member


Joined: 07 May 2011
Posts: 4

PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 3:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dear Bill, I dont have a DVD player. But I think my PC can run it.
And about language, I started to learn English when I was just 6. Its because My English Is good.

Dear Tony, that page you sent me had Some books that didnt help me. Maybe it doesnt work in Iran. Maybe that site blocked Iran's IP.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Yahoo Messenger
byacey
Member


Joined: 29 Mar 2008
Posts: 105
Location: Edmonton, Alberta

PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2011 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do you know anybody from Iran that travels to the west? Perhaps you could get them to pick up a Johnson and Courtnall Art of Violin Making book for you.

It's sad to see a government that discourages and crushes such a harmless activity. Could you make some special application to the government? Will Iran accept shipments from Afghanistan?

I have a friend here originally from Iran, Perhaps he might have some ideas.
_________________
Bill
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Stradsman
Junior Member


Joined: 22 Apr 2011
Posts: 21

PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bill Chambers wrote:
Wow! The more I learn, I am glad to be an American !!!


Get someone like Sarah Palin in power and you'll be thinking about Iran as a land of freedom and opportunity.

It's amazing how often we come so dangerously close to falling back into a violent, primitive culture.
_________________
"No one should be allowed to play the violin until he has mastered it."
Jim Fiebig
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Violin Forum/Message Board Forum Index -> Violin Making and Restoration Forum All times are GMT - 4 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group