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(once again, with feeling)
Running neck and neck for usefulness is
the Musical Instrument Maker's Forum
mimf.com
Deb Suran has created a wonderful forum
for discussion on every conceivable topic
concerning musical instrument making, and
not just stringed instruments. Many
volunteers work on keeping this going,
including maintaining an extensive library
of previous threads.
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The two general lutherie organizations,
which are well worth belonging to. Both
publish quarterly magazines that come with
your membership, and I recommend them
highly.
The Guild of American Luthiers (GAL)
luth.org
The Association of Stringed Instrument
Artisans (ASIA)
guitarmaker.org
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For the technically minded I recommend
leftbrainluthiers at:
yahoogroups.com
Its a mailing list that gets you all posts to
the list. No subject too arcane.
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More technical information is available at
David Hurd's excellent site. David is
founder of the LBL group on Yahoo, and
is the author of "Left Brain Lutherie",
which gives extensive coverage of testing
methods for all types of stringed
instruments.
ukuleles.com
selection of lutherie videos in stock for
rental by the week ~ all perfectly legal
and ethical by the way. Another one
person business doing a good thing.
technicalvideorental.com
James Leonard supplies a wide variety
of mother of pearl (MOP) and crushed
stone products, plus mammoth and legal
elephant ivory material and parts. He
also does custom cnc work in these
materials plus various natural and dyed
woods.
leonardmusicalinstruments.com
MOP and other inlay products at very
reasonable prices from their location in
Rescue, California.
rescuepearl.com
