Lute and Historical Guitar Building with Michael Schreiner

This is a blog about building lutes and historical guitars. It is not only a "how to" blog but also a "why" blog. I have always enjoyed thinking about lutes and guitars as much as building them. I also enjoy the music associated with the instruments I build as well as the inspiration I gain from visits to museums to examine them.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Building a Kaiser Theorbo bowl

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Assembling lute bowls is demanding and sometimes frustrating work. I took this photo on Sept 11 when I had seven ribs in place. I usually o...
Monday, September 19, 2011

Gluing the Lacote Back and Starting a Theorbo Bowl

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Last week I explained my rationale for gluing the back struts separately to the rib linings and then stretching and gluing the back over the...
Saturday, September 10, 2011

Welcome to my workshop

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In my last post I mentioned that I was working on three instruments. In the foreground left is the Lacote guitar, the Kaiser theorbo mould i...
Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Cavalli's Giasone in a cabaret setting

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Opera Omnia launched their second production,  Giasone  by Francesco Cavalli at New York's Le Poisson Rouge last week. Their   inaugur...
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I've been building instruments for 51years, 48 full-time. It has worked out pretty well.
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