Luthier Schools and Classes

 

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Making An Archtop Guitar - sheet music at www.sheetmusicplus.com

Making An Archtop Guitar By Robert Benedetto. Guitar. Size 8.5x11 inches. 279 pages. Published by Centerstream Publications. (174)
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Guitarmaking: Tradition And Technology - sheet music at www.sheetmusicplus.com

Guitarmaking: Tradition And Technology By William R. Cumpiano & Jonathan D. Natelson. Guitar Text. 388 pages, 8 x 10.5, softcover. Published by Chronicle Books. (GM10000)
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Guitar Build And Repair Schools and Classes

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American Archtop
Dale Unger
RD 6 Box 6379B
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
570 992 4956

2008 Building Classes
  • January 26 to Feb 2
  • April 19 to 26
  • July 19 to 26
  • October 11 to 18

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(From Dales's bio)

I was born September 16, 1954, raised in Nazareth, PA, home of Martin Guitar. In my teens I became inspired by meeting some of the world's finest guitar builders. This led me to play guitar and become a builder. Visiting the shop of one of Martin's craftsmen encouraged me to buy one of his guitars. I was overwhelmed by the craftsmanship and ease of playing. At that point I knew I wanted to build an instrument of that quality. I started building acoustic guitars in 1977 in collaboration with friend Dick Boak.

Atlanta Guitar Works
Custom Guitars and Repairs
1025 Killian Hill Road Lilburn, Georgia 30047 Phone: 770-564-3430

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LEARN GUITAR BUILDING and REPAIR

(from their site) Nestled in the foothills of the North Georgia Mountains, Atlanta Guitar Works offers exceptional guitar building and repair instruction. Housing is included with program fee for an intensive guitar repair and building experience. The 6 week session is designed to prepare each student for a career in the Guitar Repair and Building Industry.

American School of Lutherie
2745 SW Scenic Drive
Portland, OR  97225
503.292-2307

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Contemporary Guitar Making and Hands-On Guitar Making - offering expert lecture/demonstration and hands-on lutherie training for students at all levels.

William R. Cumpiano
PO Box 854
Easthampton, MA 01027
Phone: studio (pm's) 413-586-3730

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Guitarmaking: Tradition And Technology - sheet music at www.sheetmusicplus.com

Guitarmaking: Tradition And Technology By William R. Cumpiano & Jonathan D. Natelson. Guitar Text. 388 pages, 8 x 10.5, softcover. Published by Chronicle Books. (GM10000)
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Galloup School of Lutherie
10840 Northland Drive
Big Rapids, MI 49307
Phone: 616-796-5611
Toll Free: 800-278-0089

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Short & long term instruction - classical, steel string, electric, and archtop guitar construction.

Stringed instrument repair and restoration is the foundation of our business. The Guitar Hospital was founded in 1967 by Dan Erlewine who later went on as Research and Development consultant for Stewart-MacDonald and the repair columnist for Guitar Player Magazine. Bryan Galloup who apprenticed and worked with Dan in the early 80s took the business over and continued to teach repair and restoration.

Guild of American Lutherie
8222 S. Park Ave.
Tacoma, WA 98408-5226
phone/fax: (253) 472-7853

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Gypsy's Music Store
7122 C East 5th Avenue
Scotsdale, AZ 85251
(480) 429-7711

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Instrument Building and Repair Courses by Walt Kuhlman

Hana Lima 'Ia
718 Puuhale Rd.
Honolulu HI 96819
(413) 582-0034

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We are a school for the teaching of Ukulele making to those who have both the interest and desire to build handmade 'ukuleles.

Thomas Knatt
The Luthier's Workshop School of Lutherie
83 Riverside Av.
Phone: 978 287-0464 MA 01742
Toll Free: 1-877-LUTHIER 1-877-588-4437

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Acoustic Guitar Construction Training

Racewalker

Tom is a fellow racewalker. I can remember Tom at the many USATF 40km National Racewalking Championship's in NJ. Check out my racewalking pages on my personal site for more inforamtion on the Olypmic sport of Racewalking.

Leeds Guitarmaker's School
8 Easthampton Road
Northampton MA 01060
(413) 582-0034

Luthiers School International
Luthier: Harry Fleishman
1533 Welter Ct.
CITY, CA 95472
Phone: 707-823-3537

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Hands-On Acoustic Guitar-Building
with Harry Fleishman

Hands-On Acoustic Guitar-Building is our most popular class. Students have come from as far away as China, Australia, Spain, and Dominican Republic to study guitar-making and build their own first instruments under the tutelage of luthier Harry Fleishman.

Jon Marshall
John Marshall's International Guitar Building & Repair Program
2357 Stone Drive
Lilburn GA 30047
1 888 4 LUTHIER

Midwest Guitar School
Midwest Guitar
731 Dale
Webster Groves, MO 63119
Toll Free 1-877-453-8119
In St. Louis 314-962-8822

Ribbecke Guitars
PO Box 1581
Santa Rosa, CA 95402
707 433 3778

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Blue Guitar - sheet music at www.sheetmusicplus.com

Blue Guitar Written by Ken Vose; photography by Leslie Jean-Bart; foreword by George Benson. Guitar Text. 131 pages, 8.5 x 9. Published by Chronicle Books. (GM10008)
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East Coast Rep: Howard Krim, 732 321 9024

Offers a 7-day course intensive course in archtop guitar construction.

Roberto-Venn School of Lutherie
4011 South 16th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85040
Phone 602-243-1179
Toll free 1-800-507-FRET
Fax  602-304-1175

Rock n' Roll Guitar Building School
Custom Guitar Building School
P.O.Box 1976
Martinez, CA 94553
Phone: 925-812-2589
eMail: rocknrollgtrbldr@aol.com

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Build your own custom electric guitar or bass in 2 weeks at the Rock and Roll Guitar Building School with Robert Lee, Luthier to such folks as David Crosby, Emmylou Harris, Pete Townshend, Count Basie Band, Tonight Show Band, Eric Clapton Band, Peter Gabriel Band, and others!

David Schramm
Clovis, CA
Tel: (559) 325-8057

Sergei de Jonge Lutherie
56 Ramsay Rd.
Chelsea, Quebec
Canada, J9B 2J1
819-827-4911

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(Ed.) I read a great article on the Hana Lima 'Ia web site titled "A Luthiers Diary" about the Kasha/Schneider bracing system that detailed a month long class with Sergei de Jonge and his bracing system.

Ervin Somogyi
5l6 52nd. Street
Oakland, CA 94609
Tel and Fax:510/652-5123

Specimen Products
1240 N. Homan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60651
Phone: 773.489.4830

Timeless Instruments
David Freeman, Luthier
P.O. Box 51
Tugaske, Saskatchewan, Canada S0H 4B0
Tel: 1-888-TUGASKE (1-888-884-2753)
Fax: (306) 759-2729

Totnes School of Guitarmaking
Collins Road
Totnes, Devon, England, TQ9 5PJ
Phone: +44 1803 865255

T.T. Ukuleles
Shipman Business Park
16-185 Kalara St. Unit D
Keaau, Hawaii 96749
PH:   808 - 933 - 8537
Toll Free: 866 - 933 - UKES (8537)

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Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: T_T

T.T. UKULELE'S Made in Hawaii by Tadashi Oguma and sons.

Ukulele Building Classes are available.

Vermont Instruments
George Morris, Luthier
P.O. Box 115
Post Mills, VT 05058
802-333-4308

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Vermont Instruments is a teaching lutherie begun in 1983 offering private and small group tutorials by appointment. Students design and build their own instruments from raw materials. Acoustic and structural design, jig-making, inlay and repair are woven into a personalized course of study to accommodate each person's interest, skill level, and experience. Courses are designed to minimize the need for expensive equipment and specialized jiggery. It is expected that a student can continue their own creative work using small-scale power tools and common hand tools.

More information available on companys's web site.

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John Mayes Guitars
3111 NE 96th Ave.
Norman OK, 73026
Phone: 405-579-9629

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Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: Mayes

John has a series of instructional DVDs on topics such as:

Also available a DVD of interest to ukulele fans and builders: Cigar Box Ukulele DVD

KP Ukuleles
Custom Ukuleles and Repair
Luthier: Ken Potts
Lahaina, Maui Hawaii
Ken Potts - Luthier
(808) 667-0759

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Ken Potts has a DVD available "Building the Hawaiian Ukulele..."

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