Tarasa

Books like these can be helpful, but caution in restoration is the prime directive. It is all too easy to do irreparable damage to a fine antique. My work is the field of violin family repairs and restorations and the mantra there is to save as much original wood as possible and to make no repairs that are irreversible. That may be difficult with furniture but it ensures that both proper techniques and materials are used. With stringed instruments that rules out newer glues that are both water tight and irreversible.