Guitarmaking william r cumpiano book

Since completing his apprenticeship in 1972, william cumpiano has created hundreds of individuallycrafted guitars and other stringed instruments in the european, north american and latin american traditions. Im sure some of guitars are very nice, but for such a big name in luthiery, he has never really had a waiting list for his guitars other than the 46 months it would take for a custom order. This book has been called the bible of guitar making by many and although it shows some signs of age, the concept and execution are brilliant. Cumpiano coauthored, with jonathon natelson, the worlds leading guitarmaking textbook, guitarmaking. Cumpiano, william and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Guitarmaking, tradition and technology by william r. Description hailed by guitar player magazine as perhaps the finest book on guitars ever produced, and by booklist as a rolls royce of construction guidebooks, this impressive volume is the first book of its kind to describe in depth how both steelstring and classical guitars are actually designed and built. The book is a detailed description of the two authors techniquesmine and luthierlawyer jon natelsonsat the time of its composition. Cumpiano is known for his book and teaching skill more than anything.

Cumpiano has devoted part of his time to preserving and promoting his native puerto ricos national instrumentthe cuatrowhose history up until then had only been captured in the minds and music of puerto ricans, judith kelliher reports for. Natelson builds and repairs classical guitars and is a national supplier of tone woods for constructing stringed instruments. William cumpiano and jonathan natelsons book on building an acoustic steel string guitar and classical guitars is by no means dated unless you consider the time it was published. Since completing his apprenticeship in 1970, william cumpiano has created hundreds of individuallycrafted guitars and other stringed instruments in the european, north american and latin american traditions. William cumpiano historical records and family trees. Buy a discounted paperback of guitarmaking online from australias leading online bookstore. Over 450 photographs, drawings, and diagrams reveal in exquisite detail the hows, whys, and howtos of the traditional craft of guitarmaking, all accompanied by fascinating historical and. Frets visits william cumpiano august 1987 subject of feature article. William cumpiano is a widelyrecognized master of his craft, and a teacher besides. It has since become the standard world reference for our industry. They are busy working on a second edition that hopefully will come out soon. William cumpiano has made fretted stringed instruments of unexcelled quality, by hand, for almost five decades.

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Cumpiano has been a professional handcrafter of concertquality guitars, building instruments in the american, european and latinamerican traditions. Cumpiano published what has become the standard textbook of the trade, guitarmaking. He built for michael gurian before the shop burned down. Tradition and technology, a complete reference for the design and construction of the steel string folk guitar and the classical guitar, which has been acclaimed as the principal textbook in his field and considered by many as the bible of guitarmaking. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is. Natelson, william cumpiano, jonathan solomon, jonathan natelson. Hailed by guitar player magazine as perhaps the finest book on guitars ever produced, and by booklist as a rolls royce of construction guidebooks, this impressive volume is the first book of its kind to describe in depth how both steelstring and classical guitars are actually designed and built. William cumpiano presents a step by step tutorial on how to build either a classical or steel string guitar, from scratch. Guitarmaking, tradition and technology open library. William cumpiano 1916 william cumpiano in ellis island and other new york passenger lists, 18201957 william cumpiano was born circa 1916, at birth place. Guitarmaking tradition and technology guitar reference. Clyde herlitz everything you need to know about guitar making including the preparation and planning, soundboard bracing, assembly, fingerboards, finishing and much more.

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