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African Blackwood Conservation
Project (ABCP). Nonprofit organization. On-line newsletter.
The American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers.
Professional makers working in the USA and Canada.
The American Musical Instrument Society (AMIS).
Annual journal.
Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans
(ASIA). Quarterly magazine, conferences, instrument shows.
The Bold Strummer Ltd. Lutherie
books.
The British Violin Making Association
(BVMA). Quarterly journal
Build Your Guitar, Martin Koch,
has many books on guitar building in English and German.
The Catgut Acoustical Society. Journal
of the CAS. Violin family acoustics, makers, you name it.
Certified Forest Products Council (Metafore).
Action organization on conservation, quarterly newsletter, Understory.
CIMCIM: International
Committee of Musical Instrument Museums & Collections.
Dulcimer Players News information
for both mountain and hammered dulcimer players and luthiers.
Early Music America quarterly magazine
Early Music America.
Early Music Guild a non-profit
organization dedicated to the promotion of early music through concert production,
education and support of local artists. Publishes a newsletter 5x/yr. and a
e-newsletter.
Experimental Musical Instruments.
Quarterly journal for the design and construction of unusual instruments. Ceased
publication in 1999 but all back issues, cassettes, books etc are available
from on-line catalog.
Fellowship of Makers
& Researchers of Historical Instruments. Concerned with preservation
of historical instruments, etc.
Fine Woodworking
magazines index to back issues from 1975.
The
Fretted Instrument Guild of America.
The Galpin Society. Annual
journal for the study of musical instruments.
Add your name to Famous Guitarmaker's Global
list of luthiers.
The Guild of American Luthiers
Guitar Foundation of America
publishes Soundboard magazine, annual conventions and competitions.
Hardanger Fiddle Association of America dedicated
to preserving Norwegian music, dance and vocal music.
Historical Violin & Viola da braccio
Research and Reconstruction if you like violins then this is the page for
you.
International Society of
Folk Harpers and Craftsmen. Publishes Folk Harp Journal.
Luthier's Interactive of North Texas (LINT)
meets 6x/yr. covers construction and repair of stringed instruments.
Lute Society of America
quarterly magazine, annual journal, meetings.
The Lute Society (of England) Quarterly,
Lute News and annual scholarly journal, The Lute, plans and tablatures.
Montagnana Books Check out the
books on the violin and other quality stuff!
National Music Museum offers a virtual
gallery tour and a list of available technical drawings for sale.
New Violin Family Association.
Focus on violin octet, drawings available, concerts, music, newsletter.
Odilia Publishing Ltd. Newsletter HarpEvents.
Orpheon Foundation Museum of Historical
Musical Instruments covering the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods.
The Research Repository of Stringed Musical Instrument Technology is a web based open access repository of previously published research articles on all technical aspects of stringed musical instruments.
The Sacramento Valley Luthiers Guild organization
for sharing of information and promotion of local luthiers.
SoundWood/Fauna & Flora International action organization dedicated
to the preservation of trees used for instruments. Publishes newsletter Fauna
& Flora News.
Southern California Association of Violin Makers.
Monthly meetings and bulletins; periodic exhibitions.
The Strad monthly magazine, violin family
information for players, makers, and historians.
String Letter Publishing, Inc. publishes Acoustic
Guitar and Strings
magazine.
Stringed Instrument Makers of Southern California
(SIMSCal) holds quarterly meetings in Los Angeles/Orange County area.
Henry Strobel has published a series
of violin making tomes that have been well received and widely acclaimed in
the lutherie community over the years.
Texas Commission of the Arts
Tremolo, dedicated to mandolin,
balalaika, guitar and related musical instruments.
Vintage Guitar magazine.
Violin Makers Association of Arizona International
monthly journal VMAAI, annual convention; violin making competition.
Violin Society of America (VSA) Journal
of the Violin Society of America and quarterly newsletter; meetings and
competitions
Viola da Gamba Society of America non-profit
organization dedicated to the viola da gamba in the U.S. and abroad.
Woodezine is a totally FREE monthly
online magazine which addresses issues of interest to woodworkers, turners and
carvers.
Woodworkweb.com is a internet woodworking
community designed for all sections of woodworking.
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A & M Wood Specialty Inc. variety
of tonewoods.
Acoustic Woods Ltd. Hand pick your
own Tonewoods online; variety of back and sides and soundboards to choose from.
Airware America respirators, other
health and safety equipment.
Allen Guitars East Indian rosewood, Sitka
and German spruce, red cedar, maple,Honduras mahogany, ebony, tail pieces, resophonic
parts, shell, rosettes.
Allied Electronics comprehensive.
Allied Lutherie Ltd variety of
tonewoods, rosettes, veneers, shell.
Allparts bridges, pickups, pickguards,
tuners.
Allred & Associates, Inc. carving
machines for archtops and necks.
Aqua Blue Maui, LLC shell, laminates.
Hammond Ashley Associates Pacific
Northwest maple and spruce.
Audio Technica condenser microphones
only.
Australian Luthiers Supplies,
tonewoods and parts. Located in Mount Tamborine, Australia.
Axes 'R' Us guitar parts UK,new and used,online
store.
B-Band Limited pickups and preamps for guitar
and violin family, under-saddle electret film (not piezo).
L.R. Baggs pickups, transducers, pre-amps.
Maderas Barber S.L. variety of tonewoods,
rosettes.
Barbera Transducer Systems, ultra high performance pickups with separate transducers for each string for violin, electric violins, cello, electric cellos, upright bass and electric upright bass.
Best Guitar Parts, a variety of
parts for electric guitars and basses.
Bjorn Industries hide glue only, many grades,
min. order 5 lbs. (carries Milligan and Higgins — see below).
Blake-Robson Northumbria
Tuning Machines, classical tuning machines, straight edge backplates and
Hauser style backplates.
Boone Trading Company offer a comprehensive
selection of legal raw new and fossil ivory and scrimshaw for collectors and
craftspeople.
David Borson Maximum Yield Resawing,
your fine woods cut precisely to maximize the yield of usable slices.
Bow River Specialty Woods is a wholesaler and retailer of curly maple, quilted maple, softwoods and exotic hardwoods.
Bridge City Tool Works exquisite
hand woodworking tools.
Brookstone variety of woodworking tools.
BWC Company is the leading online reseller
of hard to find finishing products.
Canadian Ivory offers walrus and
narwhal ivory for carvers and knifemakers as whole tusks or pieces of varying
sizes and shapes.
Carvin electric guitar components, 5/8" dome knobs, pickups, preamps, bridges.
Simeon Chambers Tonewood Store,
manufacturer of fine tonewood, specifically domestic Engelmann Spruce. They
provide luthiers around the world with very high grade wood.
Colonial Tonewoods offers some truly
stunning Old Growth Brazilian Rosewood, Koa, African & Honduran Mahogany,
Ziricote, Ovangkol and other tone woods. Exotic wood is available for guitar
sets, bridge blanks, fingerboard blanks and other needs.
Constantine's veneers, kits, hand tools,
full line of finishing products including their own brand, Hydrocote, Behlen.
Glues including Hot Stuff,™ Excel polyurethane glue, Gorilla, hide, hand
tools, full line of finishing products including their own brand, Hydrocote,
Behlen. Glues including Hot Stuff,™ Excel polyurethane glue, Gorilla, hide,
shell, wood inlay.
Cook Woods specializing in exotic hardwoods
of the world.
Countryman Associates condenser microphones
only.
Craft Supplies Limited (Sound
Wood) guitar and violin woods and kits.
CT Holden Luthiery and Supplies,
Inc. Tools and jigs, located in Bushkill, Pennsylvania.
Custom Pearl Inlay inlay materials
and tools.
Custom Luthier is a one-stop shop
for hard-to-find luthier supplies. Custom Luthier offers Pre-cut custom and
traditional inlays, CAD/CAM, CNC capabilities, Concept development and design,
Prototyping, Full
service production, Custom templates, Luthier tools, and Instrument components.
DePaule Supply shell Blanks, Pre-Cut
Inlays, ABS Plastic Binding, Inlay Design Book, Pearl Nuts & Saddles and
more, NO MINIMUM ORDER.
Dick GmbH specialty tools for luthiers.
DiMarzio magnetic pickups.
Dominic Fine Art, our specialty is hand cut inlays from solid white MOP, gold Mop, black MOP, pink MOP, paua abalone, red abalone, and bronze MOP! All are hand cut by skilled workers in Viet Nam!
Duke of Pearl, for over 40 years the world's leading supplier of shell for inlay, and
co-inventor of Abalam.
Jim Dunlop Manufacturing, USA, fretwire.
EMG also piezo.
Essential Strings is a comprehensive
musical instrument resource specializing in fine stringed instruments, their
makers, dealers, culture, and study. Contact Lisa at stringser@dynanet.com to get your name and essential information listed in the resource.
Exotic Woods Company Inc. ebony, rosewoods,
maples, inlays.
Fake 58, specialising in reproduction
parts for vintage electric guitars.
Fat Frog Emporiam, provides back
and side sets, fret boards and necks. Grade AAA maple, mahogany, walnut, zebra
wood, cherry, birch, bubinga.
Fishman Transducers also magnetic pickups.
Fleishman Instruments pickups
for acoustic guitars and acoustic and electric basses, preamps, systems, also
magnetic also piezo.
Lindy Fralin magnetic pickups.
Gamut Strings - high quality handmade
gut strings for a variety of instruments.
Garrett Wade Co., Inc. quality hand
and power tools, full line of finishes and glues including Behlen products (lacquers,
shellacs, colors, fillers, tung oil), spray equipment CrystaLac™ water-base
finish, Sutherland Wells finishes, Garrett Wade brand wood glues, Hot Stuff™ superglues, and epoxies.
Gilmer Wood Company exotic and domestic
hardwoods, cedars, spruces.
La Gitana Stringed Instruments Mediterranean cypress, Honduras mahogany, other.
Goby Walnut Products figured claro
walnut, English walnut.
C.A. Götz, Jr. variety of tonewoods.
Grafted Coatings make waterborne
coatings, KTM-4A and KTM-9.
Grandpa's Workshop supplier of
curly and quilted maple, spruce and cedar for instrument making.
Graph Tech Tusq. man-made ivory for
nuts and saddles.
Graphic Transfer high speed engraving/carving
tools and supplies.
Greven Guitar Company (see TurtleWorks
also) Tor-Tis synthetic tortoise shell.
Griffin Exotic Wood, we supply ebony, african blackwood, snakewood fretboards, and 65 other types of
exotic wood.
Grizzly Imports, Inc. (west)
variety of large and small power tools, abrasives, hardware.
Guitar Parts USA sells replacement
parts for guitars that copy the Fender® Stratocaster® and Fender Telecaster®
and Gibson® guitars. They are high quality import guitar parts suitable
for repair and replacement.
Guitarmaker's Connection kits, hand tools
for luthiers.
Guitarwoods.com variety of guitar
tonewoods.
Gurian Instruments veneers,
parts, laminates, laser related products, purflings, bindings, custom laminates.
HAS Sound guitar wiring and control
upgrades.
Hawaiian Hardwoods Direct, the premier source for Hawaiian tonewoods. Curly Koa and Curly Mango guitar sets
and ukulele sets. They also supply various other luthier, and turning supplies.
Hibdon Hardwood, Inc. Honduras
mahogany, Spanish cedar, various rosewoods.
Brad Higgins has been building and
repairing stringed instruments for 30 years, located in Hartford, New York.
Highlander Musical Audio Products custom pickups for guitars and other instruments.
High Mountain Tonewood
Company, Stika, Engelmann and White spruce, Red and Yellow Cedar and Paper
Birch. Located in Terrace, British Colombia, Canada.
Hipshot Products multiple tuning
bridges, bass extender keys, special tuners.
Howard Core, wholesaler of stringed
instruments and accessories, and also offer a full line of luthier supplies.
Inlay Banding, variety of bandings
made from genuine hardwoods.
Inlay Product World wood inlay, marquetry.
Inlay USA shell, laminates.
International Violin Co., Ltd. variety of tonewoods, specialty tools for luthiers, oil and spirit varnish,
Micro-mesh® abrasives, purflings, bow inlay.
Italia Leather Straps makes leather
straps that fit all guitar and basses.
J & L Tonewoods,
specializing in highly figured maple and cedar for acoustic and electric instruments.
Jitesh Jain manufacture
high quality Violin Parts, Viola Parts, Cello Parts, Double Bass Parts and Accessories
for other Stringed instruments like Guitar, and Banjos. They are located in
Calcutta, India.
Clarence Jones the original easy does it soundpost setter.
Tom Jones custom pickups for guitars and
other instruments.
K&K Sound Systems custom transducer
sytems, all stringed insturments.
Kelachandra Veneer Industries Indian rosewood, ebony veneers.
Kremer Pigments, Inc. artists’ supply (including wood finishing): pigments, shellacs, resins, oils, varnishes,
hide glues, books.
LSR Tuners by Intertune Lightweight, gearless tuners with 40:1 ratio; for electric guitars and other
instruments; not recommended for typical steel string acoustic guitar string
tensions.
Livane Tonewoods, Ltd. Located in
Turkey, supplier of tonewoods, especially spruce tops for all kinds of musical
instruments.
Loud Lumber. Honduran mahogany, and
curly maple, also able to provide many other species, and types of cuts to facilitate
a wide range of stringed instruments.
Luthier Suppliers. We specialize
in Birch Ply radius dishes, custom guitar jigs, and Binder Router bit sets.
Luthier Supplies tonewood and
a variety of luthier supplies.
Luthier's Friend. A precision sanding
station from Ken Picou the maker of the Robo-Sander™.
Luthiers Mercantile Int., Inc. variety of tonewoods,
tools, hardware, supplies, full line of finishing products and glues and lots
of instruction to go with them. Includes oil, shellac, LMI brand water-base
finish, nitrocellulose, fillers, dyes, sandpaper, Micro-mesh,® polishes;
full line of epoxies and superglues, hide glue, and instrument makers' polyvinyl
glue, shell, laminates, rosettes.
Luthimate sells lutherie tools, guitar
parts and wood. Located in Michery, France.
MCM Electronics comprehensive.
MOP Supplies has a variety of shell
inlay material i.e.; Paua, Mother of Pearl, abalone and many more in the form
of blanks, veneers, dots, strips.
MSC Industrial Supply Co. comprehensive,
largely industrial tools and accessories.
MacBeath Hardwood veneers, hardwoods.
Madinter Trade suppliers of wood
and accessories for guitar making, located in Spain.
Magister Varnish Products, products of historical origin for musical instrument coatings (mainly bowed stringed).
Dave Maize redwood, Port Orford Cedar,
Figured walnut, myrtle, and other native and exotic species; specializing in
fine reclaimed and salvaged tonewoods.
Marksman Design, extensive inventory of very high quality figured maple billets and boards for sale . These include western quilted, and northern curly and birdseye. Also figured claro and English walnut.
C.F. Martin Telesales kits, pearl, purflings,
veneers.
McMaster-Carr nuts/bolts, latex rubber,
files.
MercaSystems.com: Music
Instruments and Parts Online shopping for music instruments and Luthier supplies,
guitar parts, bass parts, amp and effects parts and more.
Metropolitan Music Co. European spruce
and maple, Adirondack maple, specialty tools for luthiers.
John Michelson "fossil" ivory for bridge pins, end pins, strap buttons, tuner buttons.
Milligan and Higgins the only hide
glue manufacturer in North America. Sells in 50-lb. minimum quantities. Jay
Utzig (ext. 18) is head of technical matters and will be glad to help you, including
helping you find a source for fewer than 50 lbs. The really high-quality clear
stuff (referred to by M. Darnton in his Violin Q&A in AL#46 p. 56) is called
192-gram Technical Gel.
Micro-Surface Finishing Prod. Inc. manufacturers of Micro-mesh,® a long-lasting cushioned abrasive.
Mirco Mark variety of small hand and
power tools.
Monster Guitar Shop offers custom
made necks, bodies, guitars, supplies and inlay services. They specialize in
bulk OEM orders.
Moses, Inc. graphite necks, reinforcement
stock.
Mouser Electronics comprehensive.
MUSAFIA North America Italian
spruce, Yugoslavian maple.
Musicmaker's Kits variety of kits, wood
bindings, rosettes.
Neutrik USA, Inc. cables, connectors,
jacks.
Newark Electronics comprehensive.
Northern Tonewood Company, variety
of tonewoods in Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada.
Northwest Timber figured maple, walnut,
myrtle, online store.
Norton Customs. Stock & custom
upright basses, accessories and service.
Notable Woods koa, walnut, bigleaf
maple Sitka spruce.
Orcas Island Tonewoods spruces,
cedars, maples, others.
Oyster River Tone Woods Engelmann
and Sitka spruces, maple.
Pangea Ltd. We supply a
range of tree resins, balsams and natural juniper products.
PedalSteelGuitar.NET by Dick Meis
offers instructional books, CDs, videos, DVDs and accessories for all steel
guitarists. Starter steels, free classifieds, toll free number.
Pegasus Guitars & Ukuleles curly koa bindings.
Pete's Music Center Iboney nut and
saddle materials.
Pianowood Kölbl GmbH, specializing
in piano parts and soundboards. Located in Aigen, Austria.
Pioneer Valley Luthier Supply,
variety of supplies and tools for bow makers, repairers and restorers.
PianoLac is a waterborne wood coating
designed for the piano and musical instrument finishing industries. Its ease
of application, outstanding beauty, and durability make it the coating of choice
for acoustic and electric guitars.
Price Fiberglass Cases. Protective
cases for dreadnought guitar, banjo and mandolin.
ProSono Timbers is a family
business based in Johannesburg, South Africa. They search, select and process
precious timbers for the makers of musical instruments.
Q-tuner manufacture high-tech neodymium
powered pickups for guitar and bass.
Quayanna Spruce Company spruce.
RMC Pickup Co. (McClish) Piezo pickups
and condensor mics.
Randle Woods figured bigleaf maple,
Sitka spruce.
Redwood Salvage Sales, instrument
quality redwood for luthiers. Exotic grains due to being sunk in Deep River
for over 100 years.
The Rescue Pearl Company pearl, abalone,
pickguards, no minimum.
Rio Grande Pickups magnetic pickups,
inlay materials.
Rivolta Snc, located in Italy and has been
working wood for a century dealing in various species of tonewoods. Nice site,
take a look for yourself.
Rodgers Precision Machine
Heads quality tuners for classic and steel string guitars.
J.M. Rolph Pickups new "vintage," rewinds/repairs.
SRK Overseas Private Limited exporters & wholesale suppliers of accessories for violin, viola, cello, bass, piano
& guitar for over a decade.
S.V.S. Tonewoods violin European maple
and spruce (open 4PM — 8PM).
Sandy Pond Hardwoods figured
hardwoods.
Segovia is a Romanian supply company that
supplies European spruce and flamed maple tonewood.
Select Tonewoods online inventory;
rosewoods, quilted mahogany.
Seymour Duncan magnetic pickups.
Shagun Overseas, manufacturer of violin,
viola, cello, and bass spare parts. Our range of product includes fingerboards,pegs,
tailpiece, chin-rest, nut–saddle, mute ,endpin etc.
Michael Sheibley, sale, repair
and restoration of violins, basses, cellos; sale of tonewood, violin making
parts and tools, bows, and more.
Shopsmith, Inc. combination power tools.
Daniel Smith comprehensive, almost
200-page catalog of artists' materials ($5 for catalog which is refunded with
first order). In among the canvas and papers are some choice goods for instrument
makers: brushes, oils, varnishes, airbrushes.
Bob Smith Industries full line of
epoxies and superglues (see Product Review column in AL#39 p. 54 for detailed
information). Sold direct in large quantities or retail through hobby stores.
Call for locations in your area.
Radharam Sohanlal, manufacturer/exporters
of accessories for violin, viola, cello, bass, piano, baroque lutes,
archlutes, theorboes and baroque guitars
Specialty Violin Making Products European maple and spruce.
Aubrey Spurlock builds and supplies
materials for Piezo pickups.
The St. James Bay Tool Co. planes
for luthiers.
Larry Stamm Douglas fir, red cedar,
Engelmann, flamed white birch for guitar, mando, violin.
Les Stansell Guitars Oregon myrtlewood,
Port Orford white cedar.
Stewart-MacDonald's Guitar Shop Supply variety of tonewoods, tools for luthiers, hardware, supplies, full line of finishing,
gluing, and related products: Hot Stuff,™ hide glue, epoxies, spraying
apparatus, Behlen products, shellac, lacquer, tints, CrystaLac™ water-base
finish, rubout products, Finesse abrasives. Good selection of books and videos
on finishing, shell, laminates, rosettes.
StoneWood Precision Limited CNC manufacturing company, in North Wales, providing custom guitars, guitar
parts and accessories, other services include routing, joinery and engraving.
Can machine wood to your specs.
Sunrise Pickup Systems magnetic
pickups.
Tashiro's Japanese hand tools.
Tasmanian Salvaged Resurrection Timbers Pty Ltd. We supply high quality salvaged Tasmanian forest timber to woodturners & craftsmen world-wide. Located in Tasmania, Australia.
Terrco, Inc. carving machines for archtops
and necks.
Timbre Tonewood Ltd. Sitka, Engelmann,
red cedar.
Timeless Instruments variety
of tonewoods, lutherie tools and hardware.
Tonetech Ltd.,
Tonewood AG European spruce.
Toneweood Kölbl GmbH, European
spruce for guitars, violins, cellos, double bass and so on. Located in Aigen,
Austria.
Tool Crib of the North power
tools, small and large.
Trilogy Tonewoods variety of tonewoods.
Ukulele Supply of Hawaii, ukulele
kits, supplies and parts, wood sets in koa, mahogany, and other Hawaiian Woods.
Ultra Speed Products, Inc. electric
carving tool.
Upton Basses is dedicated to the double
bass. Various double basses, accessories and services.
USA Custom Guitars componenent
for electrics including necks, bodies, finishes and wood.
USA Violins violins, violas and cellos
including accessories.
UV III Systems supplier of an economical high
speed uv drying equipment.
Viki Exports (Pvt.)
Ltd. are a manufacturer and exporter of spare parts & accessories and
metal fittings for - violin, viola, cello and double bass. They are located
in Calcutta, India.
Vikwood ebony, rosewoods, spruce, cedar,
mahogany, boganga.
The Violin Man - Online Violin,
Viola and Cello resource and community.
Violins of Great Falls (VOGF) variety of
lutherie supplies. Located in Great Falls, Montana.
WD Music Products electronics
(several brands of pickups), pickguards, knobs, tuners.
Warmoth components for electrics including
woods, hardware, pickguard material, several brands of pickups.
West Wind Hardwood Inc. hardwoods,
softwoods, specialty plywood and veneers.
Whimsmith, makers of custom truss rod
covers using precious metals and various other materials, such as, shell, ivory,
wood and precious stones.
Wood Carvers Supply, Inc. chisels,
knives, small woodworking tools.
Wood Finish Supply full line of wood
finishing products and glues including brushes, shellac, lacquer, varnishes,
dyes; Hot Stuff,™ epoxy, and hide glues.
The Wood Well variety of tonewoods,
veneers.
Woodcraft Supply variety of quality
hand tools, woodworking supplies, and hardware (many U.S. retail locations).
Woodhaven, (Uncommon Woodworking Tools)
jigs for power tools, router plates and bits, layout tools.
Woodsound Studio German spruce,
European flamed maple, rosewood, ebony, mahogany, koa, custom resettes.
The Woodworker's Store hardware, carving
tools.
Woodworker's Supply a great number of
tools that are useful for luthiers.
Yamahiko, Yamahiko, double bass pickup
supplier located in Japan.
Jeffrey Yong Chin Hoe Malaysian hardwoods.
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ALFIERI GUITARS ~ Fine Guitars
~ Repairs ~ Restorations ~
Roger Allan has been building guitars
since 1960 in Suffolk, England.
Allen Guitars. Guitars,mandolins,resophonic
"Building Tomorrow’s Collectable Instruments Today".
David Amour, classical and steel string
builder in Mt. Shasta, California.
Archi al Sud, Ciro Caliendo, violin,
viola and cello maker and restorer in Italy, according to traditional Neapolitan
craftsmanship - Liutaio di tradizione napoletana.
Ask the Luthier: Abe Wechter's
contribution to Guitar Net.
B & B Resophonic Guitars, handcrafted custom squareneck resophonic guitars. Located in Albany, Ohio.
Violinmaking by Dmitry Badiarov
- website for historically informed violin making and playing.
Albey Balgochian, basses made by a bass player.
Gene Bard's photos of building
a guitar.
Pete Barthell, building since
1976. Lives near the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.
William Bartruff maker of fine violins,
violas and cellos since 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Thomas Bazzolo, building classical guitars
since 1983 in Lebanon, Connecticut.
Pete Beer Guitars, classical guitar maker in the Forest of Dean (southwest England), Gloucesterhire, United Kingdom.
Jean Belair builds guitars with
his twin brother Jacque in Quebec, Canada.
Dave Bertoncini Home of Bertoncini Guitars.
Birdsong Guitars. We hand build
pro quality short scale electric basses and guitars.
Bischoff's Guitars Gordy Bischoff's
web site.
Ken Blount builds, repairs and restores
musical instruments in Sebring, Florida.
Paul Bordeaux, handcrafted inlay...as
seen on the world's finest guitars.
Borman Violins. Terry
Michael Borman builds personally hand-crafted violins in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Dana Bourgeois Dana's site, read
about Pantheon Guitars.
Bow Makers & Bow Making Resources
Brad's page of Steel Lap guitar stuff.
Greg Brandt has been building
in the Los Angeles area for almost 30 years specializing in nylon string instruments.
Tobias Braun is a maker of
classical, flamenco and steel-string guitars for more than 20 years now. Located
in Gaaden bei Mödling, Austria.
Jack Briggs maker
of handmade electric guitars.
Eduardo Brito, luthier from Brazil.
His website is in Portuguese at the moment, but will have a English version
in the near future. Lots of great pictures.
Lawrence K. Brown builder in Asheville,
North Carolina. Builds violin, viola, cello, baroque guitars and lutes.
R. E. Bruné His new website. Quality
Classical Guitars and other new and historic instruments. Still under construction,
he invites you to much interesting information
and a tour of his Museum, Showroom, and his (much-too-orderly!) Workshop.
Paolo Busato builds Renaissance and
Baroque Lutes, Archlutes, Theorboes and Baroque Guitars in Padova, Italy.
Peter Byrne, young instrument
maker, and artist, based in Scotland.
Caldersmith Lutherie Page. Graham Caldersmith,
luthier.
Cankaya Music, handmade
oud, kanan, tanbur, bowedtanbur, lavta, saz, kudum, def, bendir, and daire by
Saddettin Sandi.
Bernie Caouette ~ Caouette
Banjos. Hand~Crafting 5-string banjos in New England.
Al Carruth The webpage of Al
Carruth.
Handcrafted acoustic & electric guitars by Northern California Guitar Maker,
Dave Cassotta. Guitar Repair
& Modifications.
Charis Acoustic The webpage of
Bill Wise.
Kevin Chelf's
guitar website.
Rux Chingsakol classical
guitar builder from Thailand.
Frank Clark, handmade classic
and flamenco guitars in the Spanish tradition.
Classical Guitar Home Page
CloverLick Banjos,
their focus is exclusively building PineyWoods Oldtime and BlackMountain Bluegrass
banjos. Located in Burlington, Wisconsin.
Mike Collins classical
and steel string maker in Argyle, NY.
Steve Connor has been building since
1994 and builds 12-15 custom classical and flamenco guitars a year out of his
shop on Cape Cod.
Covey's Acoustics, hand crafted acoustic guitars. Built by Nehemiah Covey, Washington U.S.A.
Curbow String Instruments builds
electric and acoustic/electrics in Morganton, Georgia.
Darkwood Music has been designing
and handcrafting fiddles and basses for bluegrass, country and folk musicians
since 1984.
Frank Davies creator of the
MIDI 24-fret Classic Electric Guitar.
J. Thomas Davis Archtops, classical,
steel string, Irish citterns and bouzouki's. Website has many tips that are
useful.
Brian W. Daw Violins, has
been building and repairing instruments since 1990 in Monmouth, IL.
Christopher de Groot, violin maker
of 30 years expierence, was an instructor at the Violin Making School of America
and am a past president of the Violin Society of America.
John A. Decker, Jr., founder
of RainSong Graphite Guitars and inventor
of the modern carbon-fiber/epoxy acoustic guitar, now specializes in classical
guitars made from exotic woods. He builds in Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii.
Manuel A. Delgado and his family have been building handmade guitars since 1928, in Nashville, Tennessee.
Demers Guitars Handcrafted electric
and acoustic guitars made by canadian luthier Jef Demers.
Stepan Demirdjian violin maker,repairer
and bow restorer, sells gold plated string adjusters and silver mounted bow
frogs. Located in Plovdiv,Bulgaria.
J.K. Dänae Denby-Spencer,
Orphic Airs, see their catalog of handcrafted instruments.
Daniel Dennis, building acoustic instruments
in Alberta, Canada.
Robert Desmond a fine
website from this classical guitar maker.
Rich DiCarlo builds classical,
7 & 8 string flamenco and nylon jazz guitars in Massapequa Park, New York.
Harold Dickert, steel string and electric
guitar maker in Kilbride, Ontario, Canada.
Steve Dickie (Steve Dickie Guitars)
builds guitars in Wiarton, Ontario, Canada.
Dominelli Guitars. Fine classical,
flamenco guitars by Canadian luthier Marcus Dominelli.
Doolin Guitars Handcrafted double-cutaway
acoustic guitars by Oregon luthier Mike Doolin.
Carlo Doria, violins, viola, violoncello and contrabass. Located in Chiavari, Italy.
Leroy Douglas Violins, builds
concert quality violins in the classic Italian tradition in Eugene, Oregon.
David Dubois builds steel string
guitars in Wilton, New Hampshire.
Barry Dudley builds classical guitars
and violins in Atlanta, Georgia.
Do Viet Dung, Vietnamese luthiers.
Their new web site is for anyone interested in traditional Vietnamese instruments.
Their site also shows guitars, violins and mandolins hand made in Vietnam. They
also want to cooperate and exchange experiences with luthiers about making instruments.
Chistopher Dungey, cello maker.
Michael Dunn, Luthier Michael
makes Maccaferri and Selmer type guitars. These are contemporary renditions
of the 1930 models. He also builds Weisenborn style Hawaiian guitars. 35 years
experience.
Dutch Violin Page
Richard Echeverria Guitars,
founder, owner and expert luthier has been designing, building, restoring and
selling guitars since 1980. Located in Tucson, Arizona.
Edinburgh University's
Collection of Historical Musical Instruments. Plans for sale.?
Edwards Fine Instruments
– Classical guitar maker and seller of fine handmade classical and flamenco
guitars from other makers.
Elferink Archtop Guitars Co.
Boaz Elkayam Guitars – Fine Quality
Handcrafted Steel String, Classical and Archtop guitars.
Jeff Elliott Portland guitar builder,
teacher and Guild author.
Tri Evans Custom Inlay is a one man inlay
shop. Located in Hockley, Texas.
William Gagnon, builder of archtop
acoustic and electric guitars.
Ray Gander - Gander Guitars, has
been building guitars for over 40 years and now builds solid body electric guitars
in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada.
Steve Ganz classical guitar builder
in Bellingham, Washington.
Gardner Guitars
Mark Geiger has been building electric
and acoustic instruments in Rowland Heights, California since 1975.
Rolfe Gerhardt's GREAT Custom
Mandolin site. Top of the line.
Greg German Denver archtop builder
with a great website.
Gibson, USA
Scott Goddard of Violins of Great Falls (VOGF),
located in Great Falls, Montana.
David Golber makes and repairs violin-family
instruments near Boston, with a specialty in Hardanger fiddles.
Jonathon Goldstein, repair specialist.
Marco Golinelli in collaboration with Luca Centrone and Stefano Zanderighi started
Liuteria d'insieme snc in Milan,
Italy.
Bob Gramann, guitar builder
and folksinger.
Granary-Guitars. A Classical Guitar
Museum in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Visits are by personal invite only,
you can contact them on their website.
Aaron Green classical and flamenco
builder from Waltham, Massachusetts.
Grimes Guitars. The art of the archtop.
Robert Griswold makes and repair guitars in Tellico Plains, TN.
Gerry Gruber (Xaver Guitars) specializes in steel-string acoustic guitars in Ottawa, Ontario.
Gruhn Guitars
Guitar Solutions, instrument
repair and maintenance in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
The Guitar Specialist Doug Proper's
site. Contact Doug at doug@guitarspecialist.com.
Guitar-Craft is run by Tim Gonzales
who builds and repairs guitars in Picayune, Mississippi.
Guitarreros en Granada
GuitarTech (tm), Riverside California.
James Rounsaville, guitar technician. Decades of service to the rock-n-roll
community.
David Gusset, Maker, Restorer, Dealer
& Appraiser. Violins, Violas, Violoncellos & Bows. Located in Eugene,
Oregon.
Norman Haight builds and repairs
instruments in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Will Hamm specializes in building
harps but also builds ukeleles, bouzoukis, guitars and mandolins in Carstairs,
Alberta, Canada.
Hammered Dulcimer homepage
Hammond Ashley Violins
committed to providing adjustments, setups, restorations and repair work of
the highest quality at competitive prices, in Seattle and San Diego.
Sean Hancock classical guitar maker
from Mount Tamborine Australia.
Handpicked Guitars
Henner Harders is
a viol and violin maker in Germany. Susanne
Küster carves some pretty amazing heads for musical instruments, one
is featured on the GAL 2003 calendar!
J.T. Hargreaves Bass Guitars.
Les Bois d'Harmonie
Fittings for fine instruments.
Eric Fouilhe at info@harmonie.net Harp
page
Herron Guitars Santa Barbara.
Maker of custom steel string and nylon string guitars.
Trevor Hibbs builds dreadnought and
classical guitars in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
Brad Higgins shop is located at the
foot of the beautiful Adirondack Mountains in Hartford, New York. He has been
building and repairing stringed instruments for 30 years.
High Desert Guitars Works,
I apprenticed under Kim Breedlove and Steve Henderson at Breedlove Guitars.
I built all their mandolins and many guitars in my three years there. I now
build a limited number of instruments a year from my own shop in Tumalo, Oregon.
I am focused on modern alternatives to the traditional guitar and mandolin.
Highland Strings offers uniquely handcrafted mandolins, guitars, Saxon lyres, and more built by
Jason Harshbarger.
Bob Hitchings has a great site
for double bass making.
General John T. Honeycutt
built 63 violins after retiring from the Army. Learn more about his legacy on
his website.
Chris Horton builds classical
and steel string guitars in Goa, India.
Patrick Hufschmid, Hufschmid Guitars,
builds electric guitars in Aigle, Switzerland.
Thomas Humphrey. Tom is a maker
of some of the world's finest classical guitars played by the world's top guitarists.
Hurdy-Gurdy website.
Alden Hackmann's informative pages on this strange and wonderful instrument.
Famous Guitarmakers Internet World Headquarters.
Veteran guitarmaker, author, and teacher Anthony Huvard has a host of offerings
at this informative site including an online lutherie study course.
Hyde Baker, Blue Belly
Guitars, builds both electric & acoustic archtop guitars in Los Angeles,
CA.
Icon Guitars specialize in
handmade custom guitars.
John iliou, builds semi-hollow
electric guitars in Windsor, Ontario, Canada .
Michael Jacobson-Hardy
builds guitars in Florence, MA.
Chris Jenkins, guitar builder who
still practices verterinarian medicine. A man of more than one talent.
Richard Jenner builds and restores
a wide variety of musical insturments in Vienna, Austria.
Wachira Jinatune guitar builder and
repair person in Thailand.
Hans Johannson's home page. This
Icelandic violin maker has a 12th century castle in Luxembourg for a workshop.
Drool material for those of you who build in a low rent shop on the wrong side
of the tracks.
Arthur Miles Jones' page. FRETWORKS has
offered quality-assured guitarshop services since 1982.
Jan C. Jones classic
guitars in Witchita, KS. See also http://jcjonesguitars.netfirms.com/design.htm
for some interesting design ideas.
Judicael Strings. Run by Bob Jiggins.
Maker, repairer and dealer of violins, electric violins and guitars. UK agents
for Jordan Electric Violins.
JW Guitar Restorations, we build
custom guitars in addition to repairing and restoring vintage instruments.
The homepage of guitarmaker Ed
Kalil.
Peder Källman, Professional craftsmanship
for professional needs. Totally handmade production of violins, violas,cellos
and nyckelharpas.
Michael Keller began building guitars
in 1975 and is located in Rochester, Minnesota.
Neil Kenny sells, buys, and repairs
tenor banjos but also deals in plectrum 5 string banjos and mandolins.
Rudy Kerzan Custom Guitars specializing in archtop guitars exclusively.
David King builds custom headless
4, 5, 6, and 7 string electric bass guitars in Portland, Oregon.
John Kingslight,
Kingslight Guitars, builds steel string guitars in Portage, Michigan.
Andrew Kirk's Home page Canadian
violin maker with tips on repair and maintenance.
Lars Kirmser's Music Trader's website;
informative info for builders and repair people.
John Kitakis, Ko'olau Guitar and Ukulele
Company, located in Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii.
Edward Klein, classical guitar
maker located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Check out the website for Ernie Kleinman.
Tom Knatt's site for classical
and Flamenco guitars. Check it out!!!
Saul Koll, a fine maker of archtops,
electric guitars & basses. A true innovator.
John Kovacich built
his own amplifier and effect boxes (shows schematics) plus his own guitars.
Lance Kragenbrink steel string builder
in Jackson, Michigan.
Bruce Kunkel was Master
Luthier, Designer and Creator of Art Guitars at Gibson's prestigious Custom,
Art and Historic Division for a decade. He has some pretty amazing work, take
a look for yourself.
Valentino Lamorte construction,
restoration
and customization
of electric, acoustic and classic guitars,
electric basses and
string instruments in Alessandria, Italy.
Instruments of the world from Lark
in the Morning as well as some information relating to lutherie.
Vicente Larrain luthier, builds, repairs and restores musical instruments (violines, violas, celos, guitars...) in Bogotá, Colombia.
Laughlin Guitars acoustic stringed
instruments from Vancouver Canada.
Don Leister violinmaker in Richmond,
Virginia.
Bob Lewis Autoharp Works is dedicated
to the advancement and interest of the autoharp.
Ron Lira, Honest Ron's Guitars,
custom built guitars, refinish, amp repairs, parts.
Ken Liscombe, Hand crafted electric guitar maker in Burlington, Ontario, Canada
James Lister builds
classical guitars in Sheffield, England.
Jason Lollar's guitar and electric guitar
pickup website; informative free info. as well as commercial content.
Dale Ludewig builds mandolins
and mandolas and will be adding guitars to his list soon, located in DeKalb,
Illinois.
Mace Custom Guitars, custom designed electric guitar and basses. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Dave Maize acoustic steel string
guitar and basses from Talent, Oregon.
Martin's guitarbuilding/Gitarrenbau pages. Not content with producing fine guitars
for 5 generations, Martin Guitars have built one of the finest
websites around. Explore their history, price list, new offerings, and expunge
some rumors and myths.
Godefroy Maruejouls is a guitar
maker based in London, United Kingdom, specialising mainly in Selmer Maccaferri
style guitars and classical guitars.
Matlin Guitars the homepage
of David Matlin.
Kathy Matsushita 's journey into
lutherie. A great site for anyone thinking about jumping into building instruments!
Good reading: a MUST see.
Brent McElroy has been building guitars
for over 10 years in Seattle, Washington. His website has a very nice "making
of" that you should check out.
McKnight Guitars, founded
in 1992 by Tim McKnight with over a decade of experience in building and repairing.
Les McMasters, repairs, custom made strings and things. Located in Hermiston, Oregon.
McPherson Guitars Exquisite craftsmanship
and cutting-edge design. Our handmade guitars feature our revolutionary offset
sound hole, innovative bracing, and our state-of-the-art cantilevered neck.
Jose A. Perez Menchaca is for the
most part occupied with restoring bowed instruments and manufacturing new concert
guitars.
Richard Mermer handmade and custom
guitars. Nice sample picture, price list on webpage.
Stuart Mewburn has been building
guitars since 1972 and is based in London, England.
Leonardo Michelin-Salomon. Hand made
classical guitars. Oslo, Norway.
Gregg Miner has a site that is dedicated
to the playing, restoration, building and preservation of the harp guitar.
Moon Guitars, instrument makers who
build acoustic guitars, mandolin and mandolin family instruments. Based in Glasgow
Scotland.
Scott Moon, Moon Guitars, builds one of a kind or one-off guitars by comission. Located in Pebble Beach, California.
Roger Morillo builds guitars and
basses in Charleston, West Virginia.
R.M. Mottola, features a collection
of resources on the subject of designing and building plucked stringed musical
instruments.
Andrew Mowry handcrafts mandolin-family
instruments in Missoula, Montana.
Fritz Mueller, classical guitars,
specializes in double-tops.
Julian Mullen Guitars carry out repair work for local music stores as well as making custom order
instruments. His website details the Danelectro resonator conversions ("Resodan")
that hecarried out for Holiday music in London. There is also a gallery of recent
custom made instruments. He is based in Reading, England.
Musicmaker Kits A review of their banjo
kit will appear in AL#62.
Christopher Myles Guitars over 20
years of building experience. Home of the 'Red Label' guitar.
Bill Nesse builds classical guitars
in Greeley, Colorado.
Brad Nickerson, building superb steel string guitars since 1982. Located in Asheville, North Carolina.
Paul Norman, Forbidden Fruits
Guitars. Specializing in 12-string resonator guitars.
Robert O'Brien builds classical
and steel string guitars as well as teaches guitar building at Red Rocks Community
College in Lakewood, Colorado.
O'Donnell Guitars Fine Quality
Custom Handmade Guitars & Basses
Nelle Doak O'Neill
has played and taught violin and viola professionally for the last 35 years
and has been building since 1985. She lives in Carson Valley, Nevada.
Oriskany Stringed Instruments is
run by Johanna Mutti and Curtis Rockwell in a two person shop in Huntingdon,
PA.
John Osthoff is a luthier from
Becket, Massachusetts.
Pagelli Guitars, acoustic and electric
guitars and electric basses. Located in Chur, Switzerland.
Palm Tree Ukuleles,
Pam and John Ramsey build ukuleles and buy, sell, trade and repair most other
instruments in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Steve Parks, a luthier who builds
guitars, mandolins etc. and some amazing rocking animals.
Al Peebels, specialize
in custom made guitars in Southern Illinois.
Peterson Stringed Instruments Don't forget to check out Glen's page on various
Tuning Systems.
Neil Peterson builds acoustic
guitars and other stringed instruments in Bandera, Texas.
Petros Guitars Bruce Petros has been
building guitars since 1972.
Tobias Pöhling builds archtop
jazz guitars and double basses and repair the same as well as other guitars
and stringed instruments in Viersen, Germany.
Ken Pollard Repairs neatly
done, instruments new & used for sale & rent, bows, cases, instructional
books, & fine accessories. Information on Contra and Scottish Country dancing
in the Boise area.
Gary H. Price builds banjos,
mandolin, archtop guitars and arcthop basses and has a variety of banjo and
mandolin parts. Let's not forget the Price
Fiberglass Cases. He lives in Jones, Oklahoma.
Tom Prisloe classical guitar
builder from Trumansburg, New York.
Rain Song instruments.
John Ray, luthier from Granada.
Dave Rector Custom Handmade Steel
String Acoustic Guitars. Located in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Tim Reede makes one-of-a-kind archtop,
flattop, and electric guitars in Minneapolis MN.
Roberto Regazzi - Italian violin maker.
Reith Guitars are premium custom
electric headless guitars crafted by hand in the USA. Great sustain and warm
tones. Manufacturer of Reith Sonic Block headless tuners and bridges, and reseller
of EMG pickups, custom inlay Moses Graphite Necks, and GHS double ball end strings.
Richard Reynoso, classical guitar maker in Newbury Park, CA.
Tom Ribbeckes' Guitars and Instruction.
George Rizsanyi custom builds
mandolins, electric guitars, classical guitars and flamenco guitars in New Germany,
Nova Scotia, Canada.
Arthur Robb, maker of late renaissance
lutes in the U.K. Check out his site even if lutes don't turn you on but environmental
issues of interest to luthiers do.
Robertson's Guitars (Good pictures!)
Arthur Robinson,
violin, viola, cello, modern and baroque, and other early bowed instruments
Ernest E. Roesler, specializing in solid and hollow body electric guitars in Forks, Washington.
Nick Roubas violinmaker from Los Angeles
who builds and repairs.
Heidi von Rüden is a maker
of historical, 19th century guitars. Located in Berlin, Germany.
Rufus Island Guitar Shop specializes
in Repair, Restoration & Sales of stringed instruments, including guitars,
banjos, mandolins, violins, double bass and more.
Rick Davis' site: Running Dog Guitars.
Sadowsky Guitars. Classy home page.
Michael
Sanden has his new shop in Naas Castle for the last 3 years. Located in
Tommarp, Sweden.
Stephan Sawicki, Fox River Music.
Classical and steel string guitar maker in Geneva, Illinois. Repairs and restores
acoustic and electric instruments.
Lane Schafer. Schafer Classical Guitars,
handmade classical guitars from a one-man shop.
Douglass Scott builds classical
guitars exclusively and repairs and restores part-time in Victoria, BC, Canada.
Schwab/Gagliano Designs.a one-man
shop.
Stephen Sedgwick specializes
in harp guitars and acoustic instruments. Located in Kent, United Kingdom.
Geoffrey Seitz, Violinmaker specializing
in violins, especially old violins, violas, cellos, basses, and bows.
Trevor Semple. London-based luthier.
Serge Guitars is a complete
building shop and lutherie school for guitars. We are located in Canada.
63 boisvert street St-Etienne Quebec Canada G6J1G3, 418 836-4624 smichaud@sympatico.ca
The guitar homepage of Charles
Shifflett.
Australian guitar maker Lawrence K. Smith.
The Smithsonian's
page: info on Strads, Amati's and del Gesu's.
Sohn Stringed Instruments.
Mandolins, arch top guitars, resophonic guitars, repair and restorations by
David Sohn. Located in Abbotsford, B.C., Canada.
Jack Spira is an Australian luthier
who build guitars, mandolins and bouzouki's.
SpruceHouse Ukuleles is a
one-man operation in eugene, oregon specializing in simple, unadorned instruments
that are very light and responsive. He makes a line of very affordable "production"
soprano ukuleles as well as custom instruments in the four traditional sizes.
Aubrey Spurlock builds and repairs acoustic
and electric instruments in Banner Elk, North Carolina.
Robert A. Steinegger, "Incredibly
Wonderful Handmade Acoustic Guitars". Located in Portland, Oregon.
Sebastian Stenzel is a
classical guitar builder who lives in Munich, Germany.
Stringed Instrument Restoration/Fossil
Ivory Products.
The String Workshop.
Stromberg Guitars produces quality
archtop guitars in Fort Myers, Florida.
Mark Swanson, builds acoustic
and electric guitars and octave mandolins.
Michael Thames, classical
guitar builder from New Mexico.
Tiange Violin Trade Co. Ltd.
sells violins, cellos, basses and unvarnished violins of differ grades, our
products are very good in quality, and the price is low.
Andy Tobin makes mandolins,
mandolas, bouzoukis, citterns and guitars in Herefordshire, United Kingdom.
Otis Tomas, Novia Scotia luthier.
Olav Thu - Guitar
and Lute Literature.
TRADITIONAL HARPS. The workshop of
Wm. Rees.
Cornelia Traudt classical
guitarmaker in Petersbach, Germany.
Mark Tremblett, specialising in handmade archtop guitars in Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canada.
Tucker Guitars builds electric guitar
and basses with a patented method and materials in Hanalei, Hawaii.
Rafal Turkowiak, the queen of classical and flamenco guitars with unique features.
Daniel Turner specializes in the creation of custom-made instruments for flamenco guitarists, aficionados, and fine instrument collectors around the world. His web site features a unique, interactive approach to ordering an instrument in English, Spanish, Japanese, German, and Chinese.
Faruk Turunz has a site devoted entirely
to the Oud. All you oud fans finally have a site. Suggestions and criticism
are cordially welcome.
Ukulele Web Site Think
uke's are low-tech folk instruments? Check out this site for a
state-of-the-art eye opener!
Ukelin Web Site.
Check out this unique instrument.
Rebecca Urlacher builds steel-string guitars in Eugene, Oregon.
Gary G. Vail builds handcrafted acoustic guitars in Hyde Park, New York.
David Van Edwards has a site totally
devoted to lutes and their history.
A fine source for those with violin interests is David
Van Zandt’s website, which includes schools, organizations, suppliers,
and information on individual violin makers.
Vegas Guitars, repairing since 1975. Certified and authorized for over 20 brands and have sales as well.
Italian Violin making
sites with a link to the Violinmakers school of Cremona.
Nicholas Tipney's Vector
Violins Violin Society of America Website.
Jonathan Waldo builds/repairs
classical, steel string, lutes and more.
Johnny Walker classical guitar
builder in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Angela Waltner is a classical
guitar builder in Berlin, Germany.
Sylvan Wells builds acoustic
guitars in Luray, Virginia.
Wenzel Violins make and repair violins,
violas and cellos in Warroad, Minnesota.
Whitsett Guitar Works, repairs
and restoration in Lowell, Massassachuets.
A link to Finnish lute maker Arto
Wikla's home page. Program for calculating plain string tensions for lute,
harpsichord, harp, etc.
Roger A. Williams builds,
repairs, restores and does modifications in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.
Kathy Wingert's Guitars. Nice site,
check it out. You can check out a few pictures at Guitargal.com
Scott Wise - Australian luthier
who has been repairing instruments since 1973 and building them since 1978.
Woolson Soundcraft, Paul Woolson
builds fine, hand crafted acoustic guitars in Madison, Wisconsin.
E.U. Wurlitzer music and sound.
Arulnathan Dominic Xavier builds concert classical and custom made guitars, located in Banglore, India.
Alexander Yurovitsky builds and repairs violins in Brooklynn, New York.
C.H. Jeffrey Yong - Malaysian guitar
maker.
Fructuoso Zalapa started
building guitars at age 10 and has continued for over 30 years in Morelia, Michoacan,Mexico.
The guitars of J.R.Zeidler.
Jan Zonjee has been
making acoustic guitars with a character since 1998 in Ultrecht, Netherlands.
Robert Zuger, physics and
geometry of the violin.
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R.E. Brune (Evanston, IL)
Classic Guitars International (Santa Barbara, CA)
Different City Guitars (Santa Fe, New
Mexico)
Fine and Rare Guitars (Bruce
Banister, Jefferson, IA)
GSP (Guitar Solo, San Francisco, CA)
Guitar Salon International (Santa Monica,
CA)
The Guitar Salon (Beverly Maher,
NY, NY)
Guitars International (Armin Kelly,
Cleveland, OH)
Kent Guitars (Sevenoaks, Kent,
UK)
Kirkpatrick Studio (Baltimore,
MD)
La Falseta Classical & Flamenco Guitars
(Tom Núñez, Denton, TX)
Luthier's Pride Custom Guitars (Russ
Campbell, Howell, NJ)
Pioneer Music (Portland, OR)
Jerry Roberts Guitars (Nashville, TN)
Rosewood Guitar (Seattle, WA)
Santa Fe Guitar Works (Santa Fe, NM)
Geoff Seitz (St. Louis,
MI)
Stafford Guitars (Adrian or Selina,
Stafford UK)
Trilogy Guitars (John Silva, Los
Angeles, CA)
Vintage Banjos (Neil Kenny, Concord,
NH)
Graham Welsh (Ayr, Scotland UK)
Zavaleta's La Casa de Guitarras
(Tucson, AZ)
Dan Zeff Guitars (Los Angeles, CA)
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Photographing
instruments. This site (courtesy of BunnyBass.com)
demonstrates simple and effective techniques for photographing instruments.
It's super cheap and low-tech, no lights, no flash, no stands. Advice is excellent.
Axeace a site dedicated to music related
classified ads.
Allen Guitars a source for woods as
well as instruments.
Rebuilding a Prima Balalaika
- a lot of useful information on the balalaika.
Brent Alan a source for Sitka
Spruce, all instruments. Check out Brent's page.
American Folklife
Center, Library of Congress: Banjo, Cimbalom, Oud, Tar and more. This site
has some cool plan drawings made by WPA workers. They are not available as prints,
but they are still informative.
Clay Guitars A collector,
not a dealer, with loads of info on guitar serial numbers.
Chitarrata.com directory of composers,
performers and recordings of Western instrumental concert music performed on
lutes and guitars available online.
Conservation Online Stanford U's
website for curators and conservators.
CSIRO's Tropical Forest Research Center
of Australia.
The Early Music Shop. Early musical instruments,
kits, etc.
EXOTIC WOODS. Exotic Woods Co. A real
resource for builders. Check it out, and tell them GAL sent you!
Blue Ox Hardwoods Nathan H. McElroy,V.P., 1-800-758-0950, Fax 716-871-1735.
Hardwood Lumber Specialists.
Fret Not Guitar Repair.
It is nicely organized and easy to navigate. Nearly every topic pertaining to
guitar repair and maintenance is covered, along with help and how-to's, before
and after pictures of repairs, and a host of repair parts and equipment.
"Great
Guitar Sites on the Web".
Guitar & Lute.
Harmony Central Lots of music
links.
Indiana U's music
resources, one of the most comprehensive I know of.
Chris Knutsen,
website devoted entirely to this maker. Pictures of instruments, biography and
historical photos.
The Kun Shoulder Rest Shoulder rests for
violin and viola; these are very popular throughout the world.
Leper's Schematics for electric
guitar makers.
Lutherie.gr Greek musical instruments,
methode for constructions and a radical view for the
guitar.
Luthiers International®
- This site contains an extensive listing of Luthiers and Instrument Builders.
They also offer internet services. They also have NO ADs or Pop-up. The site
is sponsored by InlayUSA.com®
Luthiers Mercantile International. The luthier's
one stop shop for wood, tools, books, plans, etc.
Musical Math Bob O'Rourke's great site
uses flash animation to illustrate mathmatical descriptions of musical string
motion.
Musicians & Injuries.
Musicians & Instrument Makers Forum ,
MIMF ,is a site to be watching closely! Log on and learn (and teach)!
Musikraft A manufacturing co. which
makes guitar necks, guitar bodies and violin, cello and contrabass parts.
Oud, a web site about the Middle-Eastern musical
instrument Oud, or Ud, Lute, with Nikos Dimitriadis, from Greece, who gives
descriptions and plays various improvisations (Taqasims)
Paul Adams has a very informative
site dealing with working around the fretboard with a finger amputation or hand
injury.
Sinopia Pigments & Materials, purveyors
of traditional materials such as turps, resins, shellac, etc.
Stewart-MacDonald's online catalog.
Violin Iconography
- includes viola da gamba, lute etc. An excellent site.
Violinbridges, an on-line photographic
archive of bridges from the violin family.
The W D Music Products website. Guitar
kits, etc.
The Woodworkers' Store.
The Woodworking catalog
- links to lots of useful things for woodworkers.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
Latest poop on what's on the current CITES banned lists.
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America's Shrine
to Music Museum Viols and Violin family.
Ashmoleon Museum Early guitar, viols and violin family.
CIMCIM: International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums & Collections.
Citè
de la musique, Paris various early instrument plans.
Crane, varioius instruments.
Free downloads.
Edinburgh University's
Collection of Historical Musical Instruments. Plans for sale.
Elderly Instruments various instrument
plans.
Francois Charle
Selmer guitar plan and book.
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Harpsichord.
The Guild
of American Luthiers.
Guitar Plans Unlimited various instrument plans, acoustic and electric. They also design custom plans to customer's specifications.
International Luthiers Supply
various instrument plans.
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna lute.
Luthiers Mercantile Int. various instrument
plans.
Makoto Tsuruta, 19th century guitar plans, FREE downloads.
MIMF various plans.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston various instrument
plans.
Music Muse various instrument plans.
Musicmaker's Kits various instrument plans.
Olympic Instruments Hurdy-gurdy.
Resophonic Outfitters wood or metal
body.
Art Robb various instrument
plans.
Stewart-MacDonald's Guitar Shop Supply
various instrument plans.
Strad magazine viols and violin
family.
Turris- source for drawings. .
.in Italian.
Victoria and Albert Museum Viols and Violin
family.
Violins of Great Falls (VOGF) viols and violin
family and a F5 mandolin plan.
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