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.

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Building an Early Lacôte Guitar - Part 4

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My replica The original 1823 Lacôte has a mahogany body with black lacquered neck. The peghead, which is a later replacement, is a lig...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

Building an Early Lacôte Guitar Part 3

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Pat Bianculli's 1823 Lacote The flush fingerboard of Pat Bianculli's Lacôte is a hold-over from baroque era in which it was im...
Friday, February 8, 2013

Building an Early Lacôte Guitar - Part 2

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In my last post I had assembled the guitar body and finished the neck and peghead. Before I glued the neck onto the body I checked the s...
Sunday, January 20, 2013

Building an Early Lacote Guitar

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My working drawing of Lacote 1823 I started on a model of the 1823 Lacote in August  2011 as an extra project. Several of my early blog ...
Monday, January 7, 2013

An 1823 Lacôte and My Copy

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Several years ago Brooklyn guitarist  Pat Bianculli  arranged for me to look at a persistent problem that plagued his 1823 Lacô...
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Variation on a Theme - A New Voboam

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I just finished a new baroque guitar after the 1690 Jean Voboam, E.2087 Musée de la musique, Paris. Since I published four posts earlier...
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I've been building instruments for 51years, 48 full-time. It has worked out pretty well.
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