HISTORICAL LUTE CONSTRUCTION. de Lundberg, Robert - (2002)

Tacoma, WA:: Guild of American Luthiers, , (2002). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Based on a series of 5 lectures followed by 18 practicums, first presented at an annual seminar by Lundberg in Erlangen, Germany beginning in 1978. From the dust jacket: "This remarkable book represents a 15 year collaboration between the staff of the Guild of American Luthiers and Robert Lundberg, who through his research work in the world's leading museums and through his own public output of hand crafted instruments, played a leading role in rediscovering the excellence of the long dormant tradition of a European Lute making. Lavishly illustrated with scores of photos of ancient lutes and hundreds of step-by-step photos of Lundberg's lute building techniques start to finish, [this] is by far the most comprehensive and authoritative work on the subject of understanding and constructing authentic lutes."Illustrated with charts, drawings and photographs by Robert Lundberg and Jonathon Peterson. Catalogue of ancient European lutes, glossary, bibliography, index of Erlangen Lectures. xvi, 280 pp.