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.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Checchucci Guitar - A Vaulted Back Body

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 I have finished assembling the side ribs and vaulted back of my model of the Checchucci guitar. It was a delicate operation. The ribs a...
Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Building the Jacopo Checchucci Guitar - The Mould

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Jacopo Checchucci, MFA 2001.707, Boston.  Author's photo Last April I measured the Checchucci guitar and posted a rep...
Friday, April 19, 2013

The Christoph Koch Theorbo Berlin

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This past week I visited the Musikinstrumenten Museum of Berlin's Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung to study, photograph and m...
Friday, April 5, 2013

Jerry Willard's 1831 Panormo Guitar

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Jerry Willard Photo New York City guitarist Jerry Willard sent me his 1831 Louis Panormo explaining that it had serious intonation and...
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...
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I've been building instruments for 51years, 48 full-time. It has worked out pretty well.
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