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Making Musical Instruments

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Violin-Making: A Historical and Practical Guide
Violin-Making: A Historical and Practical Guide
by Edward Heron-allen
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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)

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Guitarmaking (Guitar Reference)
Guitarmaking (Guitar Reference)
by William R. Cumpiano
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Hailed by "Guitar Player" magazine as "perhaps the finest book on guitars ever produced," and by "Booklist" as "a Rolls Royce of construction guidebooks," this impressive volume is the first book of its kind to describe in depth how both steel-string and... (read more)

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How to Make Drums, Tom-Toms and Rattles
How to Make Drums, Tom-Toms and Rattles
by Bernard S Mason
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Making your own primitive instruments from simple materials such as coffee cans and flower pots. Includes 121 figures.... (read more)

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A Guitar Maker's Manual
A Guitar Maker's Manual
by Jim Williams
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Written by one of Australia's foremost luthiers, this manual is a straightforward, profusely illustrated guide to constructing nylon-string classical and steel-string guitars. Includes a useful section on creating the jigs necessary to make the job... (read more)

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Violin Making, Second Edition Revised and Expanded: An Illustrated Guide for the Amateur
Violin Making, Second Edition Revised and Expanded: An Illustrated Guide for the Amateur
by Bruce Ossman
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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)

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Great Folk Instruments to Make & Play
Great Folk Instruments to Make & Play
by Dennis Waring
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Build over 50 folk instruments to shake, rattle, pluck, and bang Many of the projects are simple to construct, using not only traditional materials such as wood, gourd, and bamboo, but everyday items you probably have on hand, from tin cans to PVC pipes.... (read more)

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Siminoff's Luthiers Glossary: First Edition
Siminoff's Luthiers Glossary: First Edition
by Roger H. Siminoff
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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)

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Classical Guitar Making: A Modern Approach to Traditional Design
Classical Guitar Making: A Modern Approach to Traditional Design
by John S. Bogdanovich
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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)

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Build Your Own Acoustic Guitar
Build Your Own Acoustic Guitar
by Jonathan Kinkead
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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)

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Dulcimer Maker: The Craft of Homer Ledford
Dulcimer Maker: The Craft of Homer Ledford
by R. Gerald Alvey
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Dulcimer making has long been considered an art. The exquisite design is also functional, and the best instruments sound as beautiful as they look. Homer Ledford, a legend among dulcimer makers, is known for his innovative but traditional craftsmanship... (read more)

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Step-By-Step Guitar Making
Step-By-Step Guitar Making
by Alex Willis
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With basic woodworking skills, a modest work space, and only a few special tools, even an amateur can make an instrument fit for the concert platform with this guide. Fully illustrated instructions guide the builder through the entire creative process... (read more)

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Constructing a 5-String Banjo: A Complete Technical Guide
Constructing a 5-String Banjo: A Complete Technical Guide
by Roger Siminoff
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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)

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Violin Making
Violin Making
by Juliet Barker
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From Stradivarius to the modern day, violins have been revered as much for the beauty of their design as for their music. Violin Making enables anyone, whether a beginner or a skilled woodworker, to follow in the tradition of the Italian masters and... (read more)

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Making Gourd Musical Instruments: Over 60 String, Wind & Percussion Instruments & How to Play Them
Making Gourd Musical Instruments: Over 60 String, Wind & Percussion Instruments & How to Play Them
by Ginger Summit
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Pluck them, bang them, shake them, and blow into them! These instruments--from wood temple gongs to water drums to stamping tubes--produce every type of joyful noise. Make a fun "gourd orchestra" of rattles, like a Mesoamerican Indian rain stick and... (read more)

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The Amateur Wind Instrument Maker
The Amateur Wind Instrument Maker
by Trevor Robinson
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Classic Guitar Construction
Classic Guitar Construction
by Irving Sloane
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Lutherie Tools: Making Hand & Power Tools for String Instrument Building
Lutherie Tools: Making Hand & Power Tools for String Instrument Building
by Tim Olsen
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 111) and index.... (read more)

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Sound Designs: A Handbook of Musical Instrument Building
Sound Designs: A Handbook of Musical Instrument Building
by Reinhold Banek
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Bibliography: p. 200-203. Discography: p. 203-205.... (read more)

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Build Your Own Electric Guitar: Custom Guitar Assembly Made Easy
Build Your Own Electric Guitar: Custom Guitar Assembly Made Easy
by Bill Foley
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Jose Oribe: The Fine Guitar
Jose Oribe: The Fine Guitar

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