Page 6 - Low-Tech Prototyping Jigs and Methods by Tim Shaw

Page 18 - Meet Chris Jenkins by Steve Kinnaird

The group photo from the National Cowboy Poetry Festival shows all of the players at the festival that year who were performing with Jenkins instruments. In the photo from left to right they are, Baxter Black, Ross Burson, Dale Burson, Denise Withnell, and Chuck Milner.

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visit the website of the author Chris Jenkins.

Page 22 - Making a Brass Plane by Ken Altman

Page 30 - Mending a Bomber by John Calkin

Page 34 - The Trio Romantico and the Requinto by Fred Casey

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Page 38 - Meet Dmitry Zhevlakov by Federico Sheppard

The author, Federico Sheppard is on the left.

visit the website of Dmitry Zhevlakov

visit the website of the author Federico Sheppard

Page 42 - Jim Norris' Lattice Bracing by Brent Benfield

Page 48 - Aluminum Sonatas: A Brief History of Aluminum String Instruments by James Condino

www.stlblues.net
edited by Peter Cohen
History, images, and working players

www.stringrepair.com
Heavy Metal, Pfretzschner bass repairs

www.uptonbass.com
Pfretzschner bass history and location

www.condino.com
Check the author's site for continually updated information on these historic instruments and more.

Page 56 - Optimizing Playing Surface Geometry by R.M. Mottola

Page 62 - The Chanlynn Deflection Machine by John Calkin

That's Mark Chanlynn on the right. In the center is Mark's son Matt. Looks like they caught some fish.

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Luthier Tool Co.

Page 66 - Questions edited by R.M. Mottola

Makoto Tsuruta, a source of bar fret stock.

Page 68 - It Worked for Me