American Lutherie #86 Summer 2006 This issue’s cover shows a beautiful lacewood guitar by Mike Doolin. It features his removable and adjustable neck joint. Notice that the cover is printed in glorious color. This is our second issue since we went to commercial printing. You will find the photos to be far sharper than those in our previous 33 years of publication. Photo by Mike Doolin This issue is out-of-print. Arched Plate Carving, Part Two: Barring the Top and Graduating the Back by Chris Burt Chris Burt’s series on carving arched plates concludes in this issue. Here he is fitting a bass bar into a violin. He also discusses the graduation of the plates. This issue’s cover shows a beautiful lacewood guitar by Mike Doolin. It features his removable and adjustable neck joint. Notice that the cover is printed in glorious color. This is our second issue since we went to commercial printing. You will find the photos to be far sharper than those in our previous 33 years of publication. Photo by Mike Doolin This issue is out-of-print. Meet the Maker: Bernard Millant by Jonathon Peterson With a smile like that, Bernard Millant could be dancing with Aubrey Hepburn in 1950s MGM musicals. In fact, he is a world-class bow maker, dealer, expert, and author. Read the interesting story of his life growing up in one of the established violin making families of Paris. Modern Approaches to Adjustable Neck Joints by Mike Doolin and Harry Fleishman Mike Doolin and Harry Fleishman give us the rundown on their two different solutions to the problem of making a removable and adjustable neck joint for an acoustic steel string guitar. In typical GAL style, the ingenious workings are laid out in step-by-step detail. This article appears in our anthology book Flattop Guitars. Meet the Maker: Carleen Hutchins by Alan Carruth Carleen Hutchins is a real pioneer of American lutherie. She started to develop the New Violin Family fifty years ago. You can come to the 2006 GAL Convention and hear the eight-member family performing in concert. She founded the Catgut Acoustical Society in 1963 and produced over a hundred articles of violin research for its Journal. Read about her fascinating life in this issue. Alternative Headstock Decoration and Truss Rod Adjustment Access by R.M. Mottola Here’s a few unusual ideas for peghead decoration and trussrod covers. In the photo, a CD label maker is being used to make a sort of decal. Cool! Seeking the Top by Michael Sanden He came all the way from Sweden to find logs. Big logs. Well, he found them at Pacific Rim Tonewoods. Michael Sanden offers some thoughts about whether it makes sense to saw your own soundboards or leave it to the experts. A Flattop Mandolin Resurrection by John Calkin John Calkin resurrects an old mandolin by rebracing it. This is very direct lutherie. John jumps right in with both feet. He’s like Powdermilk Biscuits. He gives shy people the courage the do the job that needs to be done. Fourth International Puerto Rican Tiple Conference by Fred Casey Fred Casey had the good fortune to attend and speak to a convention of tiple fanciers in Puerto Rico. Read about his adventure, and find out what’s up with this double-neck cuatro/tiple. A Review of Indoor Air Quality Health Issues by Robert A. Edelstein GAL member Robert Edelstein is a medical doctor as well as a luthier. He offers an overview of the health risks posed by dust in the home workshop, and some thoughts on minimizing those risks. The diagram shows how tiny those troublesome dust particles can be. Letters from our readers It turns out that the earliest known depiction of a fiddle shows a player sawing away on an instrument that bears an uncanny resemblance to the simple bass that R.M. Mottola drew up as GAL Instrument Plan #50. It’s probably some kind of conspiracy involving time travel and space aliens. Product Reviews by James Condino Why does it take two guys to play this one harp guitar? Look closely. It is because they each have just one hand. they lost their hands in woodworking accidents. This article is a review of the Saw-Stop, a new table saw that stops instantly if the blade touches flesh. Could be the best money you ever spent. This article appears in our anthology book Tools and Jigs. It Worked for Me by George A. Smith and Michael Turko George Smith of Portland, Oregon shows us the jig he uses for cutting peghead profiles. Why do I mention that Mr. Smith is from Portland, Oregon? Because the GAL has several members named George Smith. Web Extras View photo gallery for this issue of American Lutherie. American Lutherie #135 – Winter 2018 American Lutherie #134 – Summer 2018 American Lutherie #133 – Spring 2018 American Lutherie #132 – Winter 2017 American Lutherie #131 – Fall 2017 American Lutherie #130 – Summer 2017 American Lutherie #129 – Spring 2017 American Lutherie #128 – Winter 2016 American Lutherie #127 – Fall 2016 American Lutherie #126 – Summer 2016 Journal
