did I say technically - oh yeah I did......
Dang I miss that EDIT button!
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Cw
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| Author: | wm17959 [ Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:47 pm ] |
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people who make solid-body electric guitars, or is it just people who make acoustics? What about those who make steel guitars, or banjos?. Is it any instrument that has strings, even a piano? |
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| Author: | crazymanmichael [ Fri Jul 06, 2007 2:37 pm ] |
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the word has generally used to refer to one who builds or repairs stringed instruments that are plucked or strumed or bowed by hand, as opposed to those which use a mechanical actuation, such as the piano or harpsicord. |
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| Author: | jack [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:34 am ] |
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A luthier builds or repairs stringed instruments, whether a piano, harpsicord , guitar, banjo, violin, etc. |
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| Author: | charliewood [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:30 am ] |
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I believe technically piano is a percussion instrument technically, however I have no idea whether this affects the designation of luthier in any way Cheers Charliewood |
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| Author: | charliewood [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:31 am ] |
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did I say technically - oh yeah I did......
Dang I miss that EDIT button! Cheers Cw |
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| Author: | crazymanmichael [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:44 am ] |
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i don't think the term can be applied to piano makers or repairers. the word derives from the old french term for a lute maker and is related to the old german which was something like "lautenmacher". its generalization to cover all those who work on the plucked/strummed/bowed stringed instruments is a relatively modern thing. but certainly no piano repairmen i've known ever referred to himself as a luthier, nor did the folks at steinway in queens. |
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| Author: | npalen [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:40 am ] |
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If you use your new OLF coffee cup for hide glue, you may be a luthier. Oh, wait, that was another thread. |
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| Author: | Shawn [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:13 am ] |
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I like the Spanish term for a guitar builder... El Guitarerro 
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