Eugene Thordahl of Bjorn Hide Glue Helps Luthiers in Sticky Situations
By Patrick Sullivan
About 40 centuries ago, Egyptian artisans started using a sticky adhesive derived from collagen in animal skins, which we now call hide glu... Read More...
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Hear the ‘Star Wars’ Theme Song Played on Ancient String Instruments
If you've ever wondered how the theme song for Star Wars would sound on ancient string instruments—and really, how could you not?—then wonder no more.
A grou... Read More...
7 Contemporary Makers on the Trade Today, How It Relates to the Past, and the Way Forward
e asked seven contemporary instrument makers about the trade as they see it today, as well as how it relates to the past and what players expect from luthiers today.
Poetry in Motion: Benoît Rolland on the Making of Bows 1500 and 1515
Benoît Rolland
Award-winning, Parisian-born bow maker Benoît Rolland studied both piano and violin, graduating from the Paris and Versailles conservatoires. H... Read More...
Violin-Making School: A Lutherie Student’s Journal
How I learned patience, perseverance, and gratitude (whittle by whittle) at Utah’s Violin Making School of America
By Jenelle Steele
When it came ... Read More...
Luthiers Without Borders: On the Road to Guanabacoa, Cuba
By Carl Applebaum
Editor's Note: In 2015, President Barack Obama announced a renewal of diplomatic relations with Communist-controlled Cuba. In February, the... Read More...