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  2. Tonewood - Wikipedia

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    Tonewood refers to specific wood varieties used for woodwind or acoustic stringed instruments. The word implies that certain species exhibit qualities that enhance acoustic properties of the instruments, but other properties of the wood such as aesthetics and availability have always been considered in the selection of wood for musical instruments.

  3. Tom Murphy (luthier) - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, Gibson and Murphy founded The Murphy Lab, a division within the Custom Shop in which Murphy and a team of luthiers handle the brand's relic'ing process. Upon the release of the Murphy Lab's first collection of guitars, Guitar World dubbed the offerings the "pinnacle" of guitar ageing and the closest a new guitar can get to a vintage ...

  4. Violin making and maintenance - Wikipedia

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    The traditional path into violin making is through apprenticing under an experienced luthier. However, there are also schools, and classes within universities, which may focus on different areas of violin making or repair, and others include auxiliary aspects of lutherie, such as playing, technical illustration and photography.

  5. Luthier - Wikipedia

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    The word luthier is originally French and comes from luth, the French word for "lute".The term was originally used for makers of lutes, but it came to be used in French for makers of most bowed and plucked stringed instruments such as members of the violin family (including violas, cellos, and double basses) and guitars.

  6. Classical guitar making - Wikipedia

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    The luthier Walter J. Vogt (1935–1990) developed a contemporary mechanism with movable frets, [32] [33] now also used by other luthiers e.g. Herve R. Chouard. [34] Tolgahan Cogulu has also designed an "adjustable microtonal guitar" [35] in 2008, based on Vogt's design.

  7. Dan Erlewine - Wikipedia

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    Dan Erlewine is an American luthier and the author of five books about guitar repair. He has made instructional videos about the luthier trade since 1983. He works for a luthier supply company, Stewart-Macdonald (StewMac).

  8. Jeffrey Yong - Wikipedia

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    Jeffrey Yong (born 29 November 1958) is a Malaysian luthier noted for using local Malaysian wood in his instruments and for his innovative designs. Yong has exhibited at conventions in the United States, Canada, Japan, Russia and China.

  9. Maple - Wikipedia

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    Maple is considered a tonewood, or a wood that carries sound waves well, and is used in numerous musical instruments. Maple is harder and has a brighter sound than mahogany, which is another major tonewood used in instrument manufacturing. [32] The back, sides, and neck of most violins, violas, cellos, and double basses are made from maple.

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