Announcing a book from the Guild of American Luthiers
Historical Lute Construction
• Robert Lundberg • |
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| • By far the most comprehensive and authoritative work on the subject of understanding and constructing authentic lutes. |
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• Quality hardcover book of over 250 pages. |
| • Historical section covers the development of the lute from the 15th through the 18th centuries with over 100 photographs of ancient lutes by Robert Lundberg and 50 diagrams. |
| • Practicum section covers the construction of the lute in minute detail with over 600 step-by-step photographs by Jonathon Peterson and a dozen diagrams. |
| • Robert Lundberg's encyclopedic knowledge, insightful analysis, and mastery of woodworking techniques grew out of a distinguished 30-year career in which he examined and measured over 250 extant ancient lutes and built hundreds of fine instruments. Read more about Mr. Lundberg |
| • Appendices include list of historic makers; catalog of extant historic lutes; bibliography; index. |
| • Contains complete reduced images of seven lute plans drawn for the GAL by Robert Lundberg. |
| • A work of great value to makers of all kinds of string instruments. |
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This Book is now available. |
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| Historical Lute Construction is a resource that every luthier will want to own. It is drawn from a series of nineteen articles which ran in American Lutherie over a seven-year span from 1987 to 1994. About half of those issues are permanently out of print. Considerable effort was expended by Mr. Lundberg and the GAL staff to revise, expand, and augment the material into its present definitive form before Mr. Lundberg passed away in 2001. Historical Lute Construction has the same high-quality sewn binding in gold-stamped hard covers as our other four books. These books are built to last, and built to be used; they will lie open on a workbench. |
| The list price for Historical Lute Construction is $60 member and $65 nonmember plus shipping and handling. Order now! |
