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.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Thomas Mace and I repair John's theorbo

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"A dialogue between the author and his lute: The lute complaining sadly of its great wrongs and injuries". John Edward's th...
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Monday, January 9, 2012

My New Workspace

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I am nearly finished re-organizing my workspace. The new bench tops are built and boxes of papers, tax records, magazines and lumber are sta...
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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I've been building instruments for 51years, 48 full-time. It has worked out pretty well.
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