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Stalking Northwest Tonewoods by Bruce Harvie and Casey Wood
This is a Q&A session from the S. Dakota convention. The answer folks not only harvest and sell a wide variety of "designer" tonewoods, they are well up on alternative woods for lutherie. Very informative, and fun.
Miniature Hydraulic Jacks by Dale Randall
Randall built a foot-operated mini-jack for reglueing braces inside an instrument.
Classic Italian Violin Varnish by Geary Baese (transcribed from his 1988 convention lecture)
Baese draws upon old literature and recent black light testing to draw his conclusions about the structure of old varnishes. The Q&A session reveals a high sophistication in the audience.
Toward a Classic Guitar Family by Graham Caldersmith
Caldersmith and the Canberra Guitar Ensemble work toward developing a series of classical guitars to match the range of the violin family.
An Interview with Darryl Wolfe by Ted Davis
Both of these men love and revere the F5 mandolin. Wolfe owned four Loars up to the time of the interview, studied and photographed 130 old F5s, and published the F5 Journal. A lengthy interview with 12 photos. One man's opinion can dispel, and perhaps create, instrument mythology.
1923 signed Lloyd Loar F5 Gibson Mandolin, An Instrument Plan by Ted Davis
This is a reduced version of GAL full-scale GAL Instrument Plan #26. The article also offers a plan of the Virzi Tone Producer, a map of top and back thickness, and a page of recommendations for building new F5s to original Gibson specs.
An Experimental Tenor Violin by Frederick C. Lyman, Jr.
Lyman not only comes up with a new instrument, but writes the article as a lesson in problem solving as he worked toward an uncertain goal.
Finite Element Simulation of Guitar Top Vibration by Phil Banks
Banks, like many before him, attempts to display on paper the movements of an excited guitar top. He is uncertain of his results, but his illustrations are certainly foxier than a normal graph or oscilloscope print out.
Meet the Maker: Wes Brandt by Jon Peterson
Peterson offers a short interview with a luthier who makes small-bodied steel string guitars from alternative woods.
1989 World Forestry Center Luthier's Show by Jonathon Peterson
Peterson continues his enthusiastic reports about an annual event in an intriguing setting.
Special Caliper for Cello by Jack Levine
Levine made a deep-throated caliper for accurately measuring the thickness of the cello plate that is not removed, when the other is.
Meet the Maker: Fred Lyman by Jonathon Peterson
Lyman is an inveterate experimenter best known for his string basses, a regular American Lutherie contributor, and an interesting thinker.
An Interview with Les Paul by George Manno
The long-lived jazzer/inventor/guitar designer talks mostly about his long association with Gibson.
Review: Classic Italian Violin Varnish: Its History, Materials, Preparation and Application by Geary L. Baese. Reviewed by Robert Lundberg.
The reviewer finds he could easily recommend this book if it weren't so overpriced.
Opinion by Joe Johnson
Johnson offers another pep talk to the Guild. He finds that the GAL is doing everything they promised, and doing it well. Why aren't we surprised?
Questions edited by Cyndy Burton
Fungus uses maple as a coloring book. No one seems to be happy with Hydro-Cote. Kiln-dried spruce is raked over the coals. An unusual guitar finds a hard-shell case. There is a source for real gut guitar strings.
This issue is no longer available individually. Its contents are
included in The Big Red Book of American Lutherie, Vol. 2.
(excluding any of the Historical Lute Construction articles by
Robert Lundberg which are available in a book by the same name)
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