Guitarmaking: Tradition and Technology, A Complete Reference for the Design & Construction of the Steel-String Folk Guitar & the Classical Guitar

Cumpiano, William; Natelson, Jonathan D.

ISBN 10: 0961873701 / ISBN 13: 9780961873707

Published by Rosewood Press, 1989

About this Item

Hardback. 4to. (1989). Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Spine lightly sunned. No names or marks. 2nd printing.

Seller Inventory # 012754

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Guitarmaking: Tradition and Technology, A Complete Reference for the Design & Construction of the Steel-String Folk Guitar & the Classical Guitar
• Publisher: Rosewood Press
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0961873701
• ISBN 13: 9780961873707
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

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 classical guitars are actually designed and built. Over 450 photographs, drawings, and diagrams reveal in exquisite detail the hows, whys, and how-to's of the traditional craft of guitarmaking, all accompanied by fascinating historical and technical notes. A comprehensive bibliography; a list of tools, materials, and supply sources; and a full index complete this uniquely authoritative reference -- and essential acquisition -- for guitar and craft enthusiasts, woodworkers, and students of instrument making everywhere.

About the Author

Jonathan D. Natelson builds and repairs classical guitars and is a national supplier of tone woods for constructing stringed instruments. He lives in Philadephia.

William R. Cumpiano is a master guitarmaker and teacher of instrument building and repair in Amherst, Massachusetts, serving professional musicians across the country.