Building Historical Instruments

Optimum String Lengths for Gut Strings

Building a Baroque Guitar

Violin Setups and Windings

Acoustic Guitars: X-Bracing vs. Fan Bracing

A Set of Vihuelas: Matching Tone for Polyphonic Music

The Future of Engleman Spruce

[Video] Andrew Dipper Shows a Properly Converted Baroque Violin - Givens Violins

[Video] Andrew Dipper On the Evolution of the Violin Bow - Givens Violins

[Video] How to Make a Lute in 2½ Minutes - Martin Shepherd

[Video] Oberlin Acoustics Workshop

[Video] (Guitar) Lutherie Demystified - Episodes 1-16 - Garrett Lee, Luthier

[Wiki] History of Lute-Family Instruments

How Do I Get Started Building or Repairing Instruments? - Guild of American Luthiers

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[Wiki] Violin Acoustics

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Euphonics: The Science of Musical Instruments - Prof. Jim Woodhouse

HyperPhysics: The Violin - HyperPhysics

Bows and Strings - Joe Wolfe

Liutaio Mottola - Lutherie Information for Builders of Stringed Musical Instruments

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Musical Instruments in 17th-Century Dutch Paintings - Ian F. Finlay. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 6, pp. 52-69, 1953

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Provisional Index of Present-Day Makers of Historical Musical Instruments (Non-Keyboard) - Unattributed. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 13, pp. 70-87, 1960

James Talbot’s Manuscript (Christ Church Library Music MS 1187) IV: Plucked Strings – The Lute Family - Michael Prynne. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 14, pp. 52-68, 1961

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An Example of Lute Restoration - Friedemann Hellwig. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 23, pp. 64-68, 1970

Makers’ Marks on Plucked Instruments of the 16th and 17th Centuries - Friedemann Hellwig. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 24, pp. 22-32, 1971

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Chitarrone, Theorbo and Archlute - Robert Spencer. Early Music, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 408-422, 1976

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Why Are Lute Pegboxes Bent Back? - Djilda Abbott and Ephraim Segerman. Early Music, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 113, 1977

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Vihuelas, Violas and the Spanish Guitar - Donald Gill. Early Music, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 455-462, 1981

Medieval Fiddles at Hardham - Jacqueline Wiltshire. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 34, pp. 142-146, 1981

The Paris Vihuela Reconstructed - Maish Weisman. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 35, pp. 68-77, 1982

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Bent Plates in Violin Construction - Athanas Lolov. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 37, pp. 10-15, 1984

The Anglo-Venetian Bassano Family as Instrument Makers and Repairers - David Lasocki. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 38, pp. 112-132, 1985

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The Tieffenbruckers and the Business of Lute-making in Sixteenth-Century Venice - Giulio M. Ongaro. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 44, pp. 46-54, 1991

Physical Modeling of Bowed Strings - James Woodhouse. Computer Music Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 43-56, 1992

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A Sixteenth-Century Polish Folk Fiddle From Płock - Ewa Dahlig. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 47, pp. 111-122, 1994

The Sizes of English Viols and Talbot’s Measurements - Ephraim Segerman. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 48, pp. 33-45, 1995

The Name “Tenor Violin” - Ephraim Segerman. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 48, pp. 181-187, 1995

Viol-Bodied Fiddles? - Ephraim Segerman. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 49, pp. 204-206, 1996

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Rattle and Hum: Extraneous Noises and How to Cure Them - Lynn Sayce. Lute News 44, December 1997

The Amadeus Book of the Violin: Construction, History, and Music - Walter Kolneder. Amadeus Press/Portland, 1998

Innovation and the Development of the Modern Six-String Guitar - Darryl Martin. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 51, pp. 86-109, 1998

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A Short History of the Cittern - Ephraim Segerman. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 52, pp. 77-107, 1999

The Tunings and Sizes of the Viole da Braccio - Ephriam Segerman. The Galpin Society Journal, Vo. 52, pp. 391-393, 1999

Viennese Stringed-Instrument Makers, 1700-1800 - Richard Maunder. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 52, pp. 27-51, 1999

What Old Fiddles Can Teach Us… - Annette Otterstedt and Hans Reiners. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 52, pp. 219-242, 1999

When Is a Violino Not a Viola da Braccio? - Herbert W. Myers. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 53, pp. 335-339, 2000

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[PDF] Tech Talk - Caring For Musical Instruments: Part 2 - Paul S. Storch. Minnesota History Interpreter, June-July 2001

Why Didn’t Historical Makers Need Drawings? Part 1 - Practical Geometry and Proportion - Stephen Birkett and William Jurgenson. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 54, pp. 242-284, 2001

Investigating Green Marquetry on Bowed-String Instruments - Annette Otterstedt. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 54, pp. 330.338, 2001

[PDF] Acoustics for Violin and Guitar Makers, Part 1: Sound and Hearing - Erik Jansson. KTH Royal Institute of Technology - Stockholm, 2002

The Cello in Britain: A Technical and Social History - Brenda Neece. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 56, pp. 77-115, 2003

Stradivari’s Viols - Myrna Herzog. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 57, pp. 183-194, 2004

19th-Century Amateur Music Societies in France and the Changes of Instrument Construction: Their Evolution Caught Between Passivity and Progress - Jean-Yves Rauline. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 57, pp. 236-245, 2004

Instrument-making in Oxford - Michael Fleming. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 57, pp. 246-251, 2004

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[Amazon] The Violin: Its History and Making - Karl Roy. Self-published, 2006

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The Early Wire-Strung Guitar - Darryl Martin. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 59, pp. 123-137, 2006

Bridge Location on the Early Italian Violin - Greg Dean Petersen. Early Music, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 49-64, 2007

[PDF] A Recreation of the Particulate Ground Varnish Layer Used on Many Violins Made Before 1750 - Nigel Harris, Roger Sheldon, and James Johnston. Violin Society of America Papers, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2007

The Violoncello, Viola da Spalla and Viola Pomposa in Theory and Practice - Dmitry Badiarov. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 60, pp. 121-145, 2007

Evidence About the “Lira da Braccio” from Two Seventeenth-Century Violin Sources - Rebecca Cypress. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 60, pp. 147-160, 2007

The Violin Music Acoustics from Baroque to Romantic - John Ewan McLennan. The University of New South Wales School of Physics, 2008

Aesthetic Judgements of Luthiers: A Case Study of Mexican Guitar-Makers - Thomas J. Kies. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 61, pp. 177-191, 2008

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Remarks on an Unnoticed Seventeenth-Century French Lute in Sweden, the Swedish Lute (Svenskluta or Swedish Theorbo) and Conversions of Swedish Lutes - Kenneth Sparr. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 62, pp. 202-207, 209-234, 2009

An Assessment of Musicians and Instrument-Makers in Rome During Handel’s Stay: The 1708 Grand Taxation - Patrizio Barbieri. Early Music, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 597-619, 2009

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[PDF] Acoustic Function of Sound Hold Design in Musical Instruments - Hadi Tavakoli Nia. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2010

The Conservation, Restoration, and Repair of Stringed Instruments and Their Bows, Vol. 1, 2, & 3 - Edited by Tom Wilder. International Pernambuco Conservation Initiative-Canada and Archetype Publications/London, 2011

[English, German] The Lute in Europe 2: Lutes, Guitars, Mandolins, and Citterns - Andreas Schlegel and Joachim Lüdtke. The Lute Comer, 2011

Some Thoughts on the Tuning of the Early Three-String Violin - Stewart Pollens. The Galpin Society, Vol. 64, pp. 61-66, 2011

Materials Innovation in Acoustic Guitars: Challenging the Tonal Superiority of Wood - Owain Pedgley and Eddie Norman. Leonardo Music Journal, Vol. 22, pp. 17-24, 2012

The Viola d’Amore — It’s Heritage Reconsidered - Rachael Durkin. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 66, pp. 139-147, 2013

Musical Instruments Described in a Fourteenth-Century Persian Treatise “Kanz al-tuḥaf” - Gin’Ichi Tsuge. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 66, pp. 165-184, 2013

John Evelyn on Musical Instrument Wood - Michael Fleming. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 66, pp. 201-210, 2013

Instrument Makers’ Inventories: New Information - Michael Fleming. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 66, pp. 235-239, 2013

Evaluating Musical Instruments: Scientific Measurements of Sound Generation - D. Murray Campbell. Physics Today, Vol. 67, Issue 4, April 2014

Ask the Experts: Protecting Your Instrument in Hot and Humid Temperatures - The Strad Magazine, August 2014

[PDF] Sound Radiation Measurements on Guitars and Other Stringed Musical Instruments - Ian Perry. Cardiff University, 2014

Conservation of Historical Wooden Musical Instruments: Advance in Understanding Material Aging - Marco Fioravanti. Music in Art, Vol. 39, No. 1-2, pp. 311-316, 2014

Quantum Harmonies: Modern Physics and Music - Paul Halpern. PBS Nova, September 2014

Understanding Viola Size - William Castle. The British Viola Society, February 2015

18th- and 19th-Century Musical Instrument Makers in the Archives: A Personal View - Jenny Nex. Fontes Artis Musicae, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 238-253, International Association of Music Libraries, 2015

Ancient Materials Used in Violinmaking - Nate Tabor, May 2016

“A Very Mistaken Identification”: The “Sultana” or “Cither Viol” and Its Links to the Bowed Psaltery, Viola d’Amore and Guittar - Panagiotis Poulopoulos and Rachael Durkin. Early Music, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 307-331, 2016

Reconstructing a Sixteenth-Century Fiddle From a Cornish Bench End Carving - Daniel Rose-Jones. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 69, pp. 87-97, 2016

World War II and the Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of Violin Making in a Tiny Corner of Germany - Richard Ward. Strings Magazine, November 2016

“Extra Fine Guitars After the Newest Fashion”: Guitar- and Cittern-Making in the Northern Netherlands, 1750-1800 - Jelma van Amersfoort. Early Music, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 35-53, 2018

The Impact of François Chanot’s Experimental Violins on the Development of the Earliest Guitar With an Arched Soundboard by Francesco Molino in the 1820s - Panagiotis Poulopoulos. Early Music, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 67-86, 2018

Five String Violoncello Piccolo — Confusion and Reality in 17th and 18th Century Performance - Nate Tabor, August 2018

How the F-Hole Arose: Soundhole Shapes and Bridge Position on Bowed Instruments Between 1500 and 1800 - Wim Raymaekers. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 71, pp. 35-56, 145-147, 2018

The Quest to Tune the Guitar Bridge, c. 1830-1956 - Charles Pardoe. The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 71, pp. 73-94, 2018

[PDF] A Micro-Tomographical Insight Into the Coating Systems of Historical Bowed String Instruments - Giacomo Fiocco, Tommaso Rovetta, Claudia Invernizzi, Michela Albano, Marco Malagodi, Maurizio Licchelli, Alessandro Re, Alessandro Lo Giudice, Gabriele N. Lanzafame, Franco Zanini, Magdalena Iwanicka, Piotr Targowski, Monica Gulmini. Coatings, Vol. 9, No. 8, 2019

7 Tips for Avoiding Repetitive Strain Injury When Making Instruments - The Strad, May 2020

[Video] Jean-Philippe Echard: History of Varnishes - Jean Le Rond d’Alembert Institute Conference: Sharpening the Scientific Tools for Violin Making, October 2020

[Video] Claudia Fritz: Basic Violin Acoustics - Jean Le Rond d’Alembert Institute Conference: Sharpening the Scientific Tools for Violin Making, October 2020

[PDF] String Theories: Chemical Secrets of Italian Violins and Chinese Guqins - Wenjie Cai and Hwan-Ching Tai. AsiaChem Magazine, November 2020

[Video] Lei Fu: Exploring the Perception of Violin Qualities – Student- vs. Performance-level Instruments, Strings, and Soundpost Height - Jean Le Rond d’Alembert Institute Conference: Sharpening the Scientific Tools for Violin Making, October 2020

[Video] Sebastian Gonzalez: Violin Shape Optimization With Finite Elements Modeling and Artificial Intelligence - Jean Le Rond d’Alembert Institute Conference: Sharpening the Scientific Tools for Violin Making, October 2020

[Video] Colin Gough: Acoustic Characterization in the Workshop - Jean Le Rond d’Alembert Institute Conference: Sharpening the Scientific Tools for Violin Making, October 2020

[Video] Sarah Lämmlein: Violin Varnishes and Tonewood – Relationships of Vibro-Mechanical and Moisture Sorption Properties - Jean Le Rond d’Alembert Institute Conference: Sharpening the Scientific Tools for Violin Making, October 2020

[Video] Mirco Pezzoli: Directivity Analysis of the Historical Cremonese Violins - Jean Le Rond d’Alembert Institute Conference: Sharpening the Scientific Tools for Violin Making, October 2020

[Video] Francesco Piasentini: Industrial X-Ray CT for Violin Makers – A Path to Teleportation - Jean Le Rond d’Alembert Institute Conference: Sharpening the Scientific Tools for Violin Making, October 2020

[Video] George Stoppani: A Very Basic Introduction to Chemistry for Violin Makers - Jean Le Rond d’Alembert Institute Conference: Sharpening the Scientific Tools for Violin Making, October 2020

[Video] Romain Viala: Numerical and Experimental Approaches for Instrument Making - Jean Le Rond d’Alembert Institute Conference: Sharpening the Scientific Tools for Violin Making, October 2020

[Video] Prof. Jim Woodhouse: Investigating the Acoustics of the Banjo - Jean Le Rond d’Alembert Institute Conference: Sharpening the Scientific Tools for Violin Making, October 2020

Violin Making in Northern Europe in the Time of the Amatis: Part 1 - Benjamin Hebbert. Violin Society of America, October 2020

Violin Making in Northern Europe in the Time of the Amatis: Part 2 - Benjamin Hebbert. Violin Society of America, November 2020

Markneukirchen – The World’s Music Corner- Moses Sedler. Dolce Fine Violins, January 2021

A Brief History of Dates on Labels - Jason Price. Tarisio.com, March 2021

New Chronometric Insights Into Ancient Egyptian Musical Instruments Held at the Musée du Louvre and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon - A. Quiles, S. Emerit, V. Asensi-Amorós, L. Beck, I. Caffy, E. Delqué-Količ, and H. Guichard. Radiocarbon, Vol. 63, Issue 2, April 2021, pp. 545-574, 2021

[PDF] Compositional and Morphological Comparison Among Three Coeval Violins Made by Giuseppe Guarneri “del Gesù” in 1734 - Giacomo Fiocco, Sebastian Gonzalez, Claudia Invernizzi, Tommaso Rovetta, Michela Albano, Piercarlo Dondi, Maurizio Licchelli, Fabio Antonacci, Marco Malagodi. Conservation Tools, Protocols and Treatments on Painted Surfaces, Metal Leaves and Finishes in Cultural Heritage, July 2021

[Video] Prof. Jim Woodhouse: Chasing the Wolf (Note) - Oberlin Acoustics Workshop, August 2021

[Video] George Stoppani: Modes Shapes and Sound Radiating Basis Components – Different Ways of Visualizing Mode Shapes in Violins - Oberlin Acoustics Workshop, September 2021

Shellac as Musical Plastic - Gavin Williams. Journal of the American Musicological Society, Vol. 74, No. 3, pp. 463-500, 2021

[Video] Joseph Curtin: Effects of String Tension and Break Angle on the Acoustical Behavior of Violins - VSA-Oberlin Acoustics Seminar, November 2021

[Amazon] The Development of Western European Stringed Instruments - Ephraim Segerman. Peacock Press, 2021

Materials Engineering of Violin Soundboards by Stradivari and Guarneri - Prof. Cheng-Kuan Su, Prof. Szu-Yu Chen, Jen-Hsuan Chung, Dr. Guo-Chian Li, Brigitte Brandmair, Dr. Thomas Huthwelker, Dr. John L. Fulton, Dr. Camelia N. Borca, Dr. Shing-Jong Huang, Prof. Joseph Nagyvary, Hsiao-Han Tseng, Chih-Hui Chang, Dai-Ting Chung, Dr. Rafael Vescovi, Yi-Shiuan Tsai, Prof. Wenjie Cai, Bing-Jyun Lu, Jia-Wei Xu, Dr. Chia-Shuo Hsu, Jun-Jie Wu, Hao-Zhi Li, Yu-Kai Jheng, Prof. Sheng-Fong Lo, Prof. Hao Ming Chen, Prof. Yi-Ting Hsieh, Dr. Po-Wen Chung, Prof. Chien-Sheng Chen, Prof. Yuh-Chang Sun, Prof. Jerry Chun Chung Chan, Prof. Hwan-Ching Tai. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, June 2021

[Video] Lutes Held in the Royal Academy of Music with David Van Edwards - The Lute Society - UK, February 2022

[Video] Joseph Curtin: Deformation and Creep – The Long-Term Effects of String Tension - Oberlin Acoustics Workshop, May 2022

[Video] Prof. Jim Woodhouse: Introduction to the Basic Physics of Stringed Musical Instruments (Part 1-8) - Oberlin Acoustics Workshop, August 2022

The Mathematics, Physics and Biology of Music – Science at Play and Cultures Colliding - Gaurav Krishnan. Medium.com, October 2022

The Connection Between Music and Science - Musical Instrument Museum, October 2022

[Video] Wood Treatments: Joseph Curtin, Paul Noulet, Don Noon, and George Stoppani - Oberlin Acoustics Workshop, April 2023

[Video] Sebastian Gonzalez: Musical Instrument Design – From Art to Science - Jean Le Rond d’Alembert Institute Conference: Overcoming Challenges in Musical Instrument Design with Computer Simulations, AI, and Metamaterials, April 2023

Dan McCarthy – A Deep Dive Into Early Music Equipment - Strings Magazine, July-August 2023

[Video] Andy Piacsek: Measuring Resonances of Violins and Skulls – Looking for Small Variations - Jean Le Rond d’Alembert Institute Séminaires, October 2023

Musical Instruments on the Title Pages of 16th and 17th-Century Music - Maureen Buja. Interlude, October 2023

[Video] Bass Bar Experiment – Part 1: Joseph Curtin and Mary Jane Kwan - Oberlin Acoustics Workshop, November 2023

[Video] Bass Bar Experiment – Part 2: Joseph Curtin, George Stoppani, and Colin Gouch - Oberlin Acoustics Workshop, January 2024

[Video] Prof. Jim Woodhouse: Understanding the Properties of Wood - Oberlin Acoustics Workshop, January 2024

Developing Methodologies to Study Perceived Sound Qualities of Violins - Claudia Fritz, George Stoppani, Unai Igartua, Jim Woodhouse. Acta Acustica, Vol. 9, April 2025

The Pernambuco Wood Dilemma: A Call for Global Responsibility and Unity - The Strad, April 2024

[Video] Bridge Adjustments With Prof. Jim Woodhouse - July 2024