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Since it’s HN, may a suggest to ones with the required skill: I think a lot of us would pay a crazy amount of money for a handcrafted, custom built to please all of one’s idiosyncrasys, keyboard. Computer keyboard I mean.
It's a little strange for me to see this here, in that I live in a world of instrument makers and luthiers, being a folk musician in the UK, and therefore interesting luthiers are pretty much my normal exposure to instrument makers. I even go to what is technically a festival of luthiers in France, which is fun! Instrument making is very interesting, in that automation and export of production to China isn't really h…
Another annual visitor to of Le Son Continu and its predecessor (I'm guessing that's what you were alluding to) checking in. There are, indeed, dozens of us.
I just had a new Kiesel guitar delivered a month ago. They can make custom guitars for you, and since they are factory direct, you can get a great deal. They are made in Southern California in Escondido.
I'm not really sure if they had guitars prebuilt, but I'm bringing this up because Carvin turned into Kiesel.
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Another annual visitor to of Le Son Continu and its predecessor (I'm guessing that's what you were alluding to) checking in. There are, indeed, dozens of us.
Dozens maybe, but apparently all on Hacker News! Clearly I've been looking in the wrong places to organise lift shares, when it could have been "Ask HN: Who's going to LSC?" ;-)
It's such a fun festival, though rather dangerous for your wallet.
Other significant modern luthiers: Ken Parker: http://www.kenparkerarchtops.com/ Michihiro Matsuda: http://www.matsudaguitars.com/gallery.htm Ola Strandberg: https://strandbergguitars.com/ Linda Mantzer: http://www.manzer.com/guitars/ Last but not least, the Stradivarius of the steel-string guitar, Ervin Somogyi: http://www.esomogyi.com/
Allow me to add some luthiers for Spanish classic guitars Conde Brothers : http://www.condehermanos.com/ Alberto Martín: http://albertomartinluthier.com/ René Aguilera: https://reneaguilera.com/ Manuel Contreras: http://www.manuelcontreras.com/
Other significant modern luthiers: Ken Parker: http://www.kenparkerarchtops.com/ Michihiro Matsuda: http://www.matsudaguitars.com/gallery.htm Ola Strandberg: https://strandbergguitars.com/ Linda Mantzer: http://www.manzer.com/guitars/ Last but not least, the Stradivarius of the steel-string guitar, Ervin Somogyi: http://www.esomogyi.com/
Allow me to add some luthiers for Spanish classic guitars Conde Brothers : http://www.condehermanos.com/ Alberto Martín: http://albertomartinluthier.com/ René Aguilera: https://reneaguilera.com/ Manuel Contreras: http://www.manuelcontreras.com/
nice but irrelevant, this is not reddit. flagged
Other significant modern luthiers: Ken Parker: http://www.kenparkerarchtops.com/ Michihiro Matsuda: http://www.matsudaguitars.com/gallery.htm Ola Strandberg: https://strandbergguitars.com/ Linda Mantzer: http://www.manzer.com/guitars/ Last but not least, the Stradivarius of the steel-string guitar, Ervin Somogyi: http://www.esomogyi.com/