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, November 17, 2014

Giovanni Fabricatore 1805 - Appointment in Edinburgh Part 2

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The guitars of the Fabricatore family represent a style of construction and appearance that is distinct; different in construction ...
Saturday, October 25, 2014

Eleven Course Lute after Magno Tieffenbrucker

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I finished an eleven course lute using the bowl from Magno Tieffenbrucker's archlute C45 that is conserved in the KHM, Vienna. It i...
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Sunday, October 5, 2014

Appointment in Edinburgh with Fabricatore and Staufer - Part 1 Staufer

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    Last Monday I visited Edinburgh University for an appointment to continue my study of nineteenth century guitars. At le...
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Sunday, September 7, 2014

September Update - Tieffenbrucker, Panormo, Stauffer and Guadagnini

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While I was completing the model of the Checchucci guitar that was the subject of my last post I also continued working on other projects ...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Checchucci Guitar - Final Installment

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Michael Manderen finally gets to try out my model of the Jacopo Checchucci 1628 guitar ( Museum of Fine Arts, Acc. No. 2001.707 , Boston U...
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I've been building instruments for 51years, 48 full-time. It has worked out pretty well.
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