Product Description: The Harpsichord Stringing Handbook, Thomas Donahue integrates available historical evidence and modern physical principles—from both musicological and scientific literature—to provide practical quantitative information about the stringing of this instrument...read more

Product Description: The story of The Uke Book Illustrated begins in the workshop of Master Luthier John Weissenrieder. He has been building classical guitars for over 15 years. Sarah Greenbaum, a painter from New York, met John in Italy and expressed her fascination and interest in the construction of musical instruments...read more

Product Description: It whispers, it sings, it rocks, and it howls. It expresses the voice of the folk—the open road, freedom, protest and rebellion, youth and love. It is the acoustic guitar. And over the last five decades it has become a quintessential American icon...read more

Product Description: (Reference). prewar wood body dobro! This beautiful full-color hardcover book documents a variety of Dobro guitars produced during the years 1929 through approximately 1942. It is a "photographic tour" showing actual examples of many of the models produced during this period...read more

Product Description: One of the signature projects whittlers enjoy working on is the whistle, and this book addresses each and every detail of successful whistle making. With a pocket knife and some readily available materials, most of which can be gathered from nature, beginning carvers will produce fun and attractive whistles that they can show off to their friends...read more

Product Description: With more highly skilled luthiers at work than ever before, ours is a golden age of the electric guitar. Presenting superbly crafted electric guitars as fine art, this beautifully photographed book gives 125 master luthiers from 15 countries the spotlight--artisans who have custom-built instruments for the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Steve Miller, Billy F...read more

Product Description: Feast your eyes on more than 300 of today’s most creative, imaginative, and gorgeous hand-made guitars—all illustrated in full color and featuring information about the innovative artisans who created them.Meet guitar-making legends, such as C...read more

The name of Ruckers is as important to early keyboard instruments as Stradivarius is to strings. This book describes in close detail the art and technique of the Ruckers family, who produced harpsichords and virginals throughout a period of over 100 years. Dr O'Brien provides detailed information about the construction and decoration of Ruckers harpsichords and virginals, as well as the numbering, pitch, stringing, and the determination of the original state of their instruments. Like Stradivarius violins, Ruckers instruments were later altered, and the nature and musical significance of these alterations are discussed, as is the influence of the Ruckers style on later building practice. The instruments in their original and altered states are considered in relation to the music of the time and to contemporary performance practice. The text is richly illustrated with diagrams and pictures of original instruments, and with plan-view photographs reproduced at a scale of 1:10. The book also contains a partially illustrated catalogue of authentic and fake instruments, followed by extensive appendices.

A fascinating look at the creation of a single concert grand piano recounts the story of one Steinway piano, from raw lumber to finished instrument, over the course of its eleven-month journey through the Steinway factory as it is transformed into an extraordinary musical instrument. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Product Description: Making an acoustic guitar is much easier than most people suppose and this straightforward guide shows you how. With basic woodworking skills, a modest work space and only a few specialist tools, you too can make an instrument fit for the concert platform...read more

A narrative history of the traditions and craftsmanship that shape the creation of a violin describes the author's friendship with Sam Zygmuntovich, one of the world's most successful violin makers, as he conducts every step of building a violin for Emerson String Quartet player Eugene Drucker. 25,000 first printing.

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Product Description: A complete step-by-step guide to building an electric guitar—from the initial design to assembly and writing—with clear instructions, full-size plans, and more than 400 color photos.

A tour of acoustic guitar craftsmanship as performed by master Wayne Henderson discusses his hand-carving process, the ten-year waiting list to buy his unique instruments, and the rare works of art he has built from a wide range of rare and near-extinct materials. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Product Description: The Guitar Maker’s Workshop is a practical introduction to the art and skills of making a classical guitar. Logically structured and clearly written, it takes the reader through each stage, providing complete instruction on materials and tools, the making of each component, and assembly...read more

Product Description: (Book). The Ultimate Bluegrass Mandolin Construction Manual is the most complete step-by-step treati....

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the legendary company, this updated study traces the history of the Steinway company, offers a profile of the Steinway family, describes how fine pianos are made, and show various models of the acclaimed musical instruments, accompanied by more than two hundred sketches, photographs, designs, and paintings.

This lavishly illustrated book treats the history of the piano from its invention in 1700 to the present in terms of its technology. Looking at the technologies of design, materials, and manufacture, and focusing its description on specific existing pianos, it describes the changes in pianos from the earliest days to contemporary instruments. This revised edition incorporates the results of recent research that increases knowledge of the work of Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the piano; changes perceptions of how eighteenth-century pianos were made and used; adds to the available information about the important contributions of the Steinway Company; and describes the most recent changes to the piano. The first edition of this book received the Otto Kinkeldey Award of the American Musicological Society as the best musicological book in English published in 1982-83. Reviews of the First Edition "If you have ever looked under the lid of a piano and wondered about the technical how and why of it all, this is the book to sate your curiosity. . . . Good's vigorous prose breathes life into the technology . . . and brings forward the people involved, with humor and sensitivity." ―Los Angeles Times "This is a fine book. Accurate technical description, an abundance of photographs and drawings, and a very readable text complement a provocative thesis." ―Technology and Culture "Intriguing reading. It turns out that the story of the piano and its evolution . . . is rife with human interest, at least when Good relates the details." ―Keyboard