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Make Your Own Ukulele: The Essential Guide to Building, Tuning, and Learning to Play the Uke by Bill Plant Synopsis It’s no wonder that the popularity of the ukulele is quickly rising. It’s a versatile instrument that is easy to play – yet can also handle complex chord patterns. A good quality handmade ukulele has beautiful tone and is a delight to... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Handmade Music Factory: The Ultimate Guide to Making Foot-Stompin'-Good Instruments by Mike Orr Publisher Comments The most creative musical instrument book you’ll ever find! You don’t have to be an expert or spend a lot of money to make your own musical instruments. Just follow-along with handyman Mike Orr as he guides you through the making of 8 of the... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Luthier's Handbook: A Guide to Building Great Tone in Acoustic Stringed Instruments by Roger H. Siminoff Synopsis An essential item for the instrument builder, The Luthier's Handbook explores the secrets and science behind making good-sounding acoustic stringed instruments. Renowned author Roger H. Siminoff brings to the table more than four decades of luthiery... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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Making Drums by Dennis Waring Publisher Comments Covers the basics of making a variety of drums from professionals in the field. Uses traditional and modern techniques.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Guitar Building Basics: Acoustic Assembly at Home by Beau Allen Pacheco Publisher Comments Acoustic guitars make the perfect wood-working project. Whether you’re a professional musician or simply an interested wood worker, building a guitar from scratch is a very satisfying project. Guitar Building Basics presents five, start-to... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Violin-Making: A Historical and Practical Guide by Edward Heron-allen Publisher Comments This classic guide offers an accessible initiation into the mysteries of violin-making. Charming in its style and cultivated in its research, it covers every detail of the process and includes a fascinating history of the instrument. More than 200... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Trade Paper
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Violin Making, Second Edition Revised and Expanded: An Illustrated Guide for the Amateur by Bruce Ossman Publisher Comments Utilizing fewer tools and expressing a get-it-done attitude, this useful manual makes the violinmaking process easy for the everyday crafter. Using step-by-step instructions and hundreds of detailed drawings and color photographs, the obscure... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Drums, Tomtoms and Rattles: Primitive Percussion Instruments for Modern Use by Bernard Sterling Mason Publisher Comments Making your own primitive instruments from simple materials such as coffee cans andflower pots. Includes 121 figures.... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $7.94 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Art of Tap Tuning: How to Build Great Sound Into Instruments by Roger H. Siminoff Publisher Comments This book explains the secret ingredients needed to obtain the very best tonal qualities when building acoustic string instruments. It includes an exploration of the tools and equipment needed, the methods to excite tones in the instrument, how to make... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Trade Paper
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Making Drums by Dennis Waring Publisher Comments It’s the best drum lesson anyone could take! Primitive drums, Irish drums, Latin drums, drums from the Middle East and India: whether they’re framed, staved, carved, or clay, the basics for making every one of them is here, provided by a... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Constructing a Solid-Body Guitar: A Complete Technical Guide by Roger Siminoff Publisher Comments Over 150 photos, several illustrations and four life-size blueprints assist the reader in choosing the proper materials and tools, as well as in using the correct skills and techniques to provide a beautiful handmade instrument that doesn't look handmade... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $16.95 Used - Spiral/comb
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Siminoff's Luthiers Glossary: First Edition by Roger Siminoff Synopsis Siminoff's Luthier Glossary is a first-edition compendium of more than 800 technical terms used in the design, construction, and production of string musical instruments. The handy 6x9 softcover text is intended for all levels of builders from beginners... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Make Your Own Acoustic Guitar by Melvyn Hiscock Publisher Comments Melvyn Hiscock's Make Your Own Electric Guitar has been the first choice for aspiring guitar makers for more than 20 years. Now he offers the same no-nonsense approach to describe how to successfully make acoustic guitars. Every aspect of the task of... (read more) Your price: $44.95 New - Trade Paper
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Classical Guitar Making: A Modern Approach to Traditional Design by John S. Bogdanovich Publisher Comments What a thrill for any musician: playing a fine-sounding instrument that he or she has lovingly crafted from scratch. With this richly illustrated manual, well-known luthier and guitarist John Bogdanovich shows exactly how to build that first, beautiful... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Making Gourd Musical Instruments: Over 60 String, Wind & Percussion Instruments & How to Play Them by Ginger Summit Publisher Comments “Actual instructions on gourd transformations into spike fiddles, water drums, and even xylophones are included.”—Booklist. “Highly recommended for general crafts as well as ethnomusicology collections.”—Library... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Build Your Own Acoustic Guitar by Jonathan Kinkead Publisher Comments Every guitarist dreams of owning a handmade instrument, but for most, the cost is likely to be prohibitive. The alternative - building your own fine guitar - is not as difficult as you might imagine, given some skill, patience, and the expert guidance of... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Trade Paper
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How to Make Drums, Tom-Toms and Rattles by Bernard S Mason Publisher Comments An authority on American Indian traditions provides complete, thorough directions for creating dance drums, tomtoms, water drums, and much more. Materials include such everyday items as wooden kegs, flower pots, coffee cans, buckets, and old inner tubes.... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Constructing a 5-String Banjo: A Complete Technical Guide by Roger H. Siminoff Publisher Comments Just as in his other book, Constructing a Bluegrass Mandolin, Roger's simple and concise step-by-step instructions show you the how and the why of it all, leading you on a path that blends discovery with pure joy. Over 200 photos and illustrations... (read more) Your price: $18.99 New - Trade Paper
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Cigar Box Guitars: The Ultimate DIY Guide for Makers and Players of the Handmade Music Revolution by David Sutton Synopsis Part DIY guide, part scrapbook – this book takes you behind the music to get a glimpse into the faces, places and workshops of the cigar box revolution. Cigar box guitars have never been more popular and now you can learn to make your own. You don'... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Pickin' Stick: Building a Stringed Instrument by John Ressler Synopsis The pickin stick is an easy-to-play, steel-stringed instrument with a diatonic scale, but it is also the perfect first instrument for aspiring luthiers. This illustrated woodworking guide will take you step-by-step as you build, string, tune, and play... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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