Chronicle Books , Feb 1, - Music - pages. How, if at all, do you separate your work from your personal lives? Over photographs, drawings, and diagrams reveal in exquisite detail the hows, whys, and how-to's of the traditional craft of guitarmaking, all accompanied by fascinating historical and technical notes. I feel honored to be friends with him. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. 
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Making A Guitar With William Cumpiano
Account Options Sign in. Natelson Snippet view - Bill and I respect each other.
Tradition and Technology by William Cumpiano. It's worth mentioning that this book will not turn you into a master luthier. Vermont Instruments School of Lutherie.
William R. Cumpiano
We were both majoring in industrial design. This book is starting to show its age, and honestly, that's the main reason it only gets 4 stars.
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 steel-string and classical guitars are actually designed wililam built. Pratt is what we have as our common philosophical foundation.
Retrieved from " https: He earned his B. William Cumpiano is the St. Bill and I met during our first year at Pratt in the foundation classes. Selected pages Title Page. Cumpiano has taught his craft for over twenty years out of his studio, in schools, during workshops and lectures and through numerous publications. NatelsonJonathan D. I always loved to draw. This is a brilliant book that could possibly be made slightly better with chmpiano newer addition with color photographs and perhaps some more contemporary techniques.
Guitar Repair Tutorials with Harry Becker.
No eBook available Amazon. Build a Guitar with John Whiteside. A Complete Reference for the Design Cumpiano also co-produced and co-directed inthe documentary "Construyendo Cuatros" "Making Cuatros"which comprises visits with two of Puerto Rico's most respected cuatro makers, showing them at work, the sequence of constructing a cuatro, and their impressions of their craft and the future prospects for the instrument.
They were very hard on us students and we just wanted their recognition. No trivia or quizzes yet. He has been involved in the preservation and understanding of the fading musical and musical craft traditions of his native Puerto Rico.
Guitarmaking: Tradition and Technology
It exclusively uses the traditional and time-tested method guitaar by the author. In Gurian's guitarmaking shop he met and befriended Gurian's shop foreman, Michael Millard.
Through our friendship and business partnership, we share a mutual admiration for one another. Our friendship is not much different from a marriage; there are things you just understand about the other.
William R. Cumpiano - Wikipedia
Harry works around my craziness, and I work around his. My mother is a Boston native and my father is Puerto Rican. Return to Book Page.
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