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, December 21, 2011

Workshop Re-Organization

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December has always been a slow month for me. So this year I decided to use the time productively and reorganize my workshop. This needs to ...
Sunday, December 11, 2011

Kaiser Theorbo- Making and Fitting the Extension-Continued

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In my last post I was ready to shape the back of the extension. I lay out the line representing the slope on both sides of the  extension. ...
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Monday, December 5, 2011

Kaiser Theorbo- Making and Fitting the Extension

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This is the extension of a Railich theorbo that I built last year. I chose these photos because the white edging makes the extension shows ...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Marx Unverdorben 16th Century Lute - Report on My Examination

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This is a 16th century lute by Marx Unverdorben in the instrument collection of Harvard University. I became fascinated with him years ago w...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

The Kaiser Theorbo - fingerboard and its points

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The elegance and simplicity of the points at the end of the fingerboard belie the difficulty in constructing them. I always have to be very...
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Friday, November 11, 2011

Kaiser Theorbo - Fitting and Gluing the Bridge and Belly

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Today I am going to describe the techniques that I use for fitting the belly to the bowl, gluing the bridge on the belly and then finally, t...
Monday, November 7, 2011

Harmonic Barring for the Kaiser Theorbo

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Many lutes that I examine are intact so unless a drawing has been made of the the interior, perhaps during a restoration, I must find other ...
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I've been building instruments for 51years, 48 full-time. It has worked out pretty well.
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