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A luthier is someone who makes or repairs stringed instruments. The word luthier comes from the French . The makers that originally built lutes eventually built violins and other string instruments as well, but the appellation remained. The craft of lutherie is commonly divided into two main categories: stringed instruments that are plucked or strummed, and stringed instruments that are bowed. While there are a nearly limitless variety of stringed instruments types—both historic and modern, from many places and cultures—the following lists are composed of those instruments still in use today. In the first category are the: autoharp, banjo, bouzouki, charango, cittern, dulcimer, guitar, harp, kantele, kithara, kora, koto, lute, theorbo, archlute, angelique, torban, kobza, bandura, lyre, mandolin, oud, shamisen, sitar, ukulele, and veena. In the second category are the: cello, crwth, double bass, erhu, fiddle, mouthbow, nyckelharpa, hurdy gurdy, rabab, rebec, sarangi, viol, More »
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Luthier
A luthier is someone who makes or repairs stringed instruments. The word luthier comes from the French . The makers that originally built lutes eventually built violins and other string instruments as well, but the appellation remained. The craft of lutherie is commonly divided into two main categories: stringed instruments that are plucked or strummed, and stringed instruments that are bowed. While there are a nearly limitless variety of stringed instruments types—both historic and... More »
Guarneri
Guarneri is the family name of a group of highly acclaimed violin makers from Cremona in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries, whose standing is considered comparable to those of the Amati and Stradivari families. * Andrea Guarneri was an apprentice in the workshop of Nicolo Amati from 1641 to 1646 and returned to make violins for Amati from 1650 to 1654. His early instruments are generally based on the "Grand Amati" pattern but struggled to achieve the sophistication of Amati's own... More »
Antonio Stradivari
Antonio Stradivari was an Italian ''luthier'', a crafter of stringed instruments such as violins, celli, guitars and harps. Stradivari is generally considered the most significant artisan in this field. The Latin form of his surname, ''Stradivarius'', as well as the colloquial, "Strad", is often used to refer to his instruments. More »
Otello Bignami
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Leandro Bisiach
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Amati
:''This article is about the Amati family of violin makers. For the automobile marque, see Mazda.'' Amati is the name of a family of Italian violin makers, who flourished at Cremona from about 1549 to 1740. More »
Yuri Landman
Yuri Landman is a Dutch multi disciplined artist most well known for his work as an experimental luthier, but also active as a comic artist, illustrator, musician, singer, graphic designer and furniture designer. More »
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini was an Italian musical instrument maker, one of the greatest luthiers in history. His violins are often referred to as "poor man's Strads" which alludes to the work of Antonio Stradivari, who is generally considered to be the greatest violin maker of all time. More »
Roberto Regazzi
Roberto Regazzi Notable contemporary violin maker and scholar who received his initiation to the craft from Otello Bignami, Bologna, in the early 80s of the past century. Still very active in his birth city. Well known worldwide for the quality of his violins, he has been president of a number of specialized organizations, including the European Association of Violin and Bow Makers for a couple of times. His violins are an excellent example of the true Italianate sound. More »
John Bailey (luthier)
John Bailey is a Luthier who made and repaired guitars and other stringed instruments during the 1960s revival of English folk music and beyond. He also wrote two textbooks on making instruments which were published by The English Folk Dance and Song Society,Cecil Sharp House. John lived in London until 1972 when he moved to Dartmouth in Devon. He continued to make instruments there into the 1990s. ---- * * Illustrated with line drawings, cover designs by John's wife Maureen and a few... More »
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