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ge of a violin a luthier ˈ l uː t i ər loo tee ər us also ˈ l uː θ i ər loo thee ər 1 2 3 is a craftsperson who builds or repairs string instruments etymology edit the word luthier is originally french and comes from luth the french word for lute the term was originally used for makers of lutes but it came to be used in french for makers of most bowed and plucked stringed instruments such as members of the violin family including violas cellos and double basses and guitars luthiers however do not make harps or pianos these require different skills and construction methods because their strings are secured to a frame craft edit the craft of luthiers lutherie rarely called luthiery but this often refers to stringed instruments other than those in the violin family is commonly divided into the two main categories of makers of stringed instruments that are plucked or strummed and makers of stringed instruments that are bowed 4 since bowed instruments require a bow the second category includes a subtype known as a bow maker or archetier luthiers may also teach string instrument making either through apprenticeship or formal classroom instruction plucked strings edit lutes edit an oud luthier on mohamed ali street in cairo egypt is making the bowl section of the oud early producers of lutes archlutes theorbos and vihuelas include the tieffenbrucker family martin hoffmann and matteo sellas guitars edit further information classical guitar making and list of guitar manufacturers a luthier in madrid spain is making the side section of classical guitar body two luthiers of the early 19th century connected with the development of the modern classical guitar are louis panormo and georg staufer 5 antonio torres jurado is credited with developing the form of classical guitar still in use c f martin of germany developed a form that evolved into the modern steel string acoustic guitar american guitar luthier robert benedetto is levelling a guitar soundboard in his studio c 1976 the american luthier orville gibson specialized in mandolins and is credited with creating the archtop guitar 6 the 20th century american luthiers john d angelico and jimmy d aquisto made archtop guitars lloyd loar worked briefly for the gibson guitar corporation making mandolins and guitars his designs for a family of arch top instruments mandolin mandola guitar et cetera are held in high esteem by today s luthiers who seek to reproduce their sound citation needed c f martin apprenticed to johann georg stauffer a guitar maker in vienna austria and martin co was born with the x bracing being developed in the 1850s martin co still produce acoustic guitars paul bigsby s innovation of the tremolo arm for archtop and electric guitars is still in use and may have influenced leo fender s design for the stratocaster solid body electric guitar as well as the jaguar and jazzmaster citation needed concurrent with fender s work guitarist les paul independently developed a solid body electric guitar these were the first fretted solid body electric guitars though they were preceded by the cast aluminum frying pan a solid body electric lap steel guitar developed and eventually patented by george beauchamp and built by adolph rickenbacher 7 a company founded by luthier friedrich gretsch and continued by his son and grandson fred and fred jr originally made banjos but now mainly produces electric guitars citation needed bowed strings edit an engraver s impression of antonio stradivari examining an instrument contemporary luthier varnishing a violin further information violin construction and mechanics and violin making and maintenance bowed instruments include cello crwth double bass erhu fiddle hudok morin khuur nyckelharpa hurdy gurdy rabab rebec sarangi viol viola da gamba viola viola da braccio viola d amore and violin the purported inventor of the violin is andrea amati amati was originally a lute maker but turned to the new instrument form of violin in the mid 16th century he was the progenitor of the amati family of luthiers active in cremona italy until the 18th century andrea amati had two sons his eldest was antonio amati circa 1537 1607 and the younger girolamo amati circa 1561 1630 girolamo is better known as hieronymus and together with his brother produced many violins with labels inside the instrument reading a h antonio died having no known offspring but hieronymus became a father his son nicolò 1596 1684 was himself a master luthier who had several apprentices of note including antonio stradivari 8 probably andrea guarneri bartolomeo pasta jacob railich giovanni battista rogeri matthias klotz and possibly jacob stainer and francesco rugeri it is even possible bartolomeo cristofori later inventor of the piano apprenticed under him although census data does not support this which paints this as a possible myth 9 gasparo duiffopruggar of füssen germany was once incorrectly credited as the inventor of the violin he was likely a maker but no documentation survives and no instruments survive that experts unequivocally know are his citation needed gasparo da salò of brescia italy was another early luthier of the violin family about 80 of his instruments survive and around 100 documents that relate to his work he was also a double bass player and son and nephew of two violin players francesco and agosti respectively citation needed da salò made many instruments and exported to france and spain and probably to england he had at least five apprentices his son francesco a helper named battista alexander of marsiglia giacomo lafranchini and giovanni paolo maggini maggini inherited da salò s business in brescia valentino siani worked with maggini in 1620 maggini moved to florence citation needed by century edit 17th edit luthiers born in the mid 17th century include giovanni grancino vincenzo rugeri carlo giuseppe testore and his sons carlo antonio testore and paolo antonio testore all from milan from venice 10 the luthiers matteo goffriller domenico montagnana sanctus seraphin and carlo annibale tononi were principals in the venetian school of violin making although the latter began his career in bologna 11 carlo bergonzi luthier purchased antonio stradivari s shop a few years after the master s death david tecchler who was born in austria later worked in both venice and rome 18th edit luthiers from the early 18th century include nicolò gagliano of naples italy carlo ferdinando landolfi of milan and giovanni battista guadagnini who roamed throughout italy during his lifetime from austria originally leopold widhalm later established himself in nürnberg germany citation needed the jérôme thibouville lamy firm started making wind instruments around 1730 at la couture boussey then moved to mirecourt around 1760 and started making violins guitars mandolins and musical accessories citation needed 19th edit the early 19th century luthiers of the mirecourt school of violin making in france were the vuillaume family charles jean baptiste collin mezin and collin mezin s son charles collin mezin jr honore derazey nicolas lupot charles macoutel charles mennégand and pierre silvestre nicola utili also known as nicola da castel bolognese ravenna italy 1888 1962 beside traditional lute works experimented the making of pear shaped violins citation needed see also edit list of luthiers tonewood experimental luthier category lutherie reference books paracho de verduzco references edit luthier lexico uk english dictionary oxford university press n d archived copy retrieved 2010 11 24 cite web cs1 maint deprecated archival service link the dictionary definition of luthier at wiktionary mottola rm january 2020 mottola s cyclopedic dictionary of lutherie terms liutaiomottola com isbn 978 1 7341256 0 3 arts music instruments stringed dmoz retrieved 2006 11 03 the guitar from the renaissance to the present day by harvey turnbull third impression 1978 publisher batsford p 68 ponormo and p 70 georg staufer chapter 4 the development of the instrument gruhn george 1991 gruhn s guide to vintage guitars san francisco gpi books p 73 isbn 978 0 87930 195 8 gruhn george rickenbacker electro spanish guitar archived from the original on 2006 10 30 retrieved 2006 11 04 hill alfred e hill w henry hill arthur f 1963 antonio stradivari his life and work 1664 1737 new dover ed new york dover p 27 isbn 0 486 20425 1 cite book isbn date incompatibility help pollens stewart 1995 the early pianoforte cambridge cambridge university press pio stefano 2004 violin and lute makers of venice 1640 1760 venezia italy venice research p 383 isbn 978 88 907252 2 7 archived from the original on 2018 03 13 retrieved 2020 03 20 bartruff william the history of the violin archived from the original on 2016 04 02 retrieved 2006 11 03 further reading edit lundberg robert peterson jonathon 2002 historical lute construction tacoma wash guild of american luthiers isbn 978 0 9626447 4 0 regazzi roberto 1990 the complete luthier s library a useful international critical bibliography for the maker and connoisseur of stringed and plucked instruments 1st hardbound ed limited to six hundred signed copies ed bologna florenus edizioni isbn 978 88 85250 01 7 mottola r m 2020 mottola s cyclopedic dictionary of lutherie terms terminology of the construction of stringed musical instruments with many illustrations first ed boston massachusetts r m mottola isbn 978 1 7341256 0 3 guild of american luthiers guitar museum classical guitar museum uk luthier interviews archived 2010 02 08 at the wayback machine guitarbench com archive of luthier interviews the consortium of violinmakers antonio stradivari cremona luthiers forum a large online lutherie community educational contemporary violin makers from china and taiwan il liutaio origine e costruzione del violino e degli strumenti ad arco moderni by angeloni domenico legatura tela edit fig pp xxvi 558 con 176 figure e 33 tavole milano hoepli 1923 the secrets of 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