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.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Building a Voboam Baroque Guitar -- The Rosette

›
The last post in this series was February 8. The lozenge--shaped elements that form the rosette and border the soundboard are a distinct...
1 comment:
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Lacôte 10 String Guitars in Paris

›
author's photo Yesterday I visited the Musée de la musique  in Paris to examine two Lacôte 10 string guitars -- decacordes , as they...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Marx Unverdorben Lutes in Barcelona

›
A wall size caricature of Issac Albéniz greets staff and visitors at the museum's documentation center Lute makers always seem to b...
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Building a Baroque Guitar after Jean Voboam

›
In one of my early posts ( Sept 10) I mentioned that I usually work on two instruments at once in order to be economical with my time. I had...
4 comments:
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Thomas Mace and I repair John's theorbo

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

My New Workspace

›
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

›
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 ...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
Michael
I've been building instruments for 51years, 48 full-time. It has worked out pretty well.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.