Guild of American Luthiers
American Lutherie #93 Extras
Spring Issue 2008


Page 10 - Meet the Maker: Robert Ruck by Jonathon Peterson


Page 20 - Harp Guitars: Past, Present, and Future by Mike Doolin, Kerry Char, Gary Southwell, and Fred Carlson

Mike Doolin
Kerry Char
Gary Southwell
Fred Carlson

Page 35 - A Mid-19th-Century Martin Guitar by Jeff Liverman


Page 38 - Meet the Maker: Andrea Florinett by Greg Hanson


Page 46 - Geometric Design of the Stradivari Model G Violin by Robert J. Spear


Page 56 - Fabio's Excellent Nicaraguan Adventure by Mike Moger


Page 60 - Product Review: Mandolin Tuning Gears by James Condino


Page 64 - An Experimental Carbon-Reinforced Guitar by Peter Vilé


Page 66 - Questions edited by R.M. Mottola

Morales is a brand of Zen-On Music Company Limited. Here is a link to their current guitar product page.

Guitar making history of Zen-On on the Acoustic Guitar website.

Japanese luthier Tetsuzo Shiga has collected brochures of old Japanese guitars and made them available on his website.
http://www.t-shiga.com/sub7-5-1.htm
http://www.t-shiga.com/sub7-5-1-53.htm

Japanese guitarist, Takasi Hamada, is a great lover of those old Japanese guitars

Another source of information is a blog of a Morales collector in Japan:


Page 68 - It Worked for Me by Mike Doolin and Mike Foulger

Mike Doolin
Mike Foulger

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