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Re: Rick Toone, Luthier

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robotmay wrote: post #6

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…

English melodeonist here, I've honestly considered learning how to build them just because of how prohibitively expensive they are -- especially if you want anything sufficiently light or in any non-standard tuning!

Re: Rick Toone, Luthier

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Post by fasteo »

jdietrich wrote: post #3

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/

Re: Rick Toone, Luthier

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Post by toolslive »

jdietrich wrote: post #3

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/

http://basslab.de/

it's more applied material science.

Re: Rick Toone, Luthier

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Post by robotmay »

sourceless wrote: post #11
robotmay wrote: post #6

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…

English melodeonist here, I've honestly considered learning how to build them just because of how prohibitively expensive they are -- especially if you want anything sufficiently light or in any non-standard tuning!

There's dozens of us!

My plan is somewhat similar; once I no longer live in a tiny flat I'll start experimenting with some designs. I've restored and tuned a couple of old Hohners, which is good practice. Another 10-20 of those and I think I'll roughly understand how to tune the bloody things properly :|

I can highly recommend Emmanuel Pariselle's melodeon building course. I did it a few years ago in France when the pound was particularly strong, and had a lovely French holiday which just so happened to result in a new instrument at the end. It's more of an assembly course than an end-to-end build, but it is really useful for finding out some of the processes, assembly jigs, and just what you can do to the instruments.

Re: Rick Toone, Luthier

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Post by afandian »

robotmay wrote: post #6

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.

Re: Rick Toone, Luthier

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Post by pjmorris »

jdietrich wrote: post #3

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/

Wayne Henderson: http://www.waynehenderson.org/wayne-henderson/

Re: Rick Toone, Luthier

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Post by inetsee »

fasteo wrote: post #12
jdietrich wrote: post #3

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/

I have a Manuel Contreras classical guitar I bought in Madrid about 45 years ago; if I recall correctly, it cost me about $150. I can't imagine what a guitar like that would cost me today.

Re: Rick Toone, Luthier

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Post by alakdoellan »

jdietrich wrote: post #3

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/

Trevor Healy: https://www.instagram.com/healyguitars/
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