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  • Albert & Müller
    This stands for the two Luthiers, Franz-Ulrich Albert and Antonius Mueller. In 1984 they began to work together to realize their ideas of combining sound and design with the tradition of craftsmanship in their instruments.
  • Andersen Stringed Instruments
    Welcome to the digital window into Andersen Stringed Instruments. I've been handcrafting acoustic instruments since 1973 in both the mandolin and the guitar families.
  • Ash-mandolins
    Hand crafted mandolins using a combination of traditional methods and modern technology.
  • Bacorn Company
    Hand-crafted, built one at a time custom archtop, flattop and electric guitars, custom electric mandolins, vintage instrument repair and restoration, and custom tube amplifiers.
  • Beltona Resonator Instruments
    Beltona manufactures high quality, handmade resonator musical instruments. We build instruments to individual order allowing us to accommodate our customers’ requirements for custom paintwork, neck dimensions, setup and pickup installation.
  • Big Joe's Guitarworks
    Welcome to Big Joe's Guitarworks. Please make yourself at home. We offer the very best in stringed instrument repair, vintage restoration, and custom building.
  • Bluett Brothers
    Bluett Brothers Mandolins, Violins, and Guitars. Each of our instruments is created individually to meet the customer's needs and desires. At Bluett Bros. Violins, luthery is a passionate pursuit of perfection.
  • Breedlove Guitars Mandolins
    Breedlove Guitars Mandolins
  • BRW Musical Instruments
    Welcome to BRW Musical Instruments. My passion is building extraordinary instruments that fulfill the desires of the most accomplished and discerning players. Each instrument is made with top quality woods and components.
  • C. F. Martin & Co
    Home of Martin Guitar, Martin Strings, The 1833 Shop and The Guitarmakers Connection.
  • Capek bluegrass & jazz instruments
    In 1985 I completed my training as a violin maker in Luby u Chebu. I then took up an apprenticeship as an instrument maker in Hradec Králové, which I finished in 1988.
  • Clark Mandolins
    Clark Mandolins are handmade by luthier Austin Clark in Boise, Idaho.
  • Cohen Musical Instruments
    Welcome! Cohen Musical Instruments are custom made guitars, mandolins, mandolas, octaves, and mandocellos. They are meticulously crafted with careful selection of materials and features such as all wood binding and thoughtful, ergonomic design.
  • David Dart
    David Dart, luthier, custom made acoustic Weissenborn style Guitars and Mandolins.
  • David Mandolins
    Since 1979 I have had a hobby of building mandolins.In the 50s I was a pretty good picker.Not as good now but I beleive I know a good instrument when I pick it. I have made 50 mandolins. and I have also made 3 banjos and 2 fiddles.
  • Davidson Instruments
    Welcome to Davidson Instruments
  • Davy Stuart
    Davy Stuart, luthier; Fine handcrafted string stringed instruments made in Christchurch, New Zealand luthier.
  • Dean Guitars
    Also mandolins
  • Dearstone Mandolin Works
    One of the best practitioners in the art of mandolin and guitar construction today is Ray Dearstone, who has been making mandolins and guitars for over eighteen years. Ray's approach to building these instruments is not radical.
  • DS guitar
    DS guitar Ltd. is a young and innovative Swiss company sited in Ostermundigen near Berne. The various DS models are manufactured in limited series with the utmost care and extended manual work in our custom shop.
  • Eastman - Handcrafted Guitars and Mandolins
    Eastman Strings was founded in 1992, yet it is already an integral part of the long and glorious history of one of the most fascinating musical traditions the world has known.
  • Evergreen Mountain Instruments
    Evergreen Mountain Instruments, owned and operated by luthier and repairman, Jerry Nolte, has been producing hand crafted stringed instruments since 1971.
  • Fine Resophonic
    Resophonics!
  • Flatbush Stringed Instruments
    Working alone in a workshop in Denmark he builds 2-3 instruments at a time, thus ensuring a quality control and attention to detail second to none.
  • Freshwater
    Welcome to the original home of "Freshwater" Folk instruments. Our family-run company set in the Highlands of Scotland has been handcrafting a range of high quality string instruments for over 16 years; ranging from the mandolin to the mandocello.
  • Fylde Guitars
    Builds mandolins and mandolas too.
  • Gernandt Stringed Instruments
    Maker of a full line of instruments including Mountain Dulcimers, Irish Bouzoukis, Citterns, Mandolins and Guitars.
  • Girouard Mandolins
    Welcome to Girouard Mandolins. We specialize in building mandolin and mandolin family instruments.
  • Giuseppe Tumiati - Liutaio
    the Luthier's workshop: every kind of strings instrument, plucked and bowed, for Early and Classical Music
  • Godin Guitars
    We are a Canadian company with our head office located in Montreal and we build our guitars in several different locations, five in Quebec and one in New Hampshire.
  • Gypsy's Music
    Gypsy's Music, LLC is a manufacturer of handcrafted stringed instruments. Currently we are producing A-style mandolins.
  • Harald Hougaard
    Norwegian luthier
  • Historical instruments by Daniel Larson
    This document provides information about strings, violins, lutes, guitars and mandolins made by Daniel Larson.
  • Ithaca Stringed Instruments
    ISI has been building exquisite violins, violas, cellos, mandolins and custom guitars for more than 30 years.
  • James Jones Instruments
    I am a custom musical instrument builder specializing in hammered dulcimers, octave mandolins, bowed psalteries, harps, zithers, lap dulcimers. Instructional materials and recordings available.
  • Japan String Instrument Makers Association
    The JSIMA is a group organized by makers, restorers, repairers of the stringed musical instruments, together with the corporations in music & musical instruments field in Japan.
  • Jean Paul Charles luthier
    The acoustic and electrics instruments of the musician and luthier Jean Paul Charles made of mostly Brazilian woods.
  • Kennaquhair String Instruments
    Kennaquhair String Instruments specializes in affordable, high quality, fretted stringed instrument for the folk, traditional, old timey, and celtic musician. I specialize in Cittern, Bouzouki, and other Mandolin family instruments.
  • Kevin Almy Master Luthier
    Working from his quiet back street studio in New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, Kevin Almy, Master Luthier produces a wide range of the finest quality instruments: from violins, violas and cellos to mandolins, mandolas and archtop guitars.
  • Klaus Knorr - Zupfinstrumentenbaumeister
    Since 1989 I have devoted my professional experience of 35 years to the creation of plucked instruments in my own master workshop. I specalize exclusively in the production of handcrafted soloist and concert mandolins as well as mandolas of superior quali
  • Laurence Wexer, Ltd. - Fine Fretted Instruments
    Hi! I'm Larry Wexer. I've been in the vintage instrument field for over 20 years but came to it by a somewhat circuitous route.
  • Lawrence Smith
    Acoustic Guitars , Concert Classical Guitars, Mandolins , handcrafted by Australian Luthier Lawrence Smith. Site contains descriptions and images of instruments available, information about Australian timbers and links to other Australian sites.
  • Mike Vanden Guitars and Mandolins
    Exceptionally fine hand crafted instruments built in the Highlands of Scotland
  • Mowry Stringed Instruments
    I build handcrafted mandolin-family instruments here in an ideal luthiery climate in the high desert country of Bend, Oregon.
  • Musical Instrument Makers Forum
    We invite you to participate on the Musical Instrument Makers Forum, an interactive forum for the discussion of musical instrument construction, design and repair; welcoming builders of all instruments at any skill level from expert to wannabe.
  • Musikalia - Musical Instruments' factory
    Musical Instruments' factory
  • Newell Mandolins
    Welcome to Newell Mandolins. Please take a look at some new pictures of my latest F-style. Both F-and A styles are offered and all are painstakingly hand crafted of the finest materials available.
  • NKForster Guitars
    I now produce two different models of mandolins, and the amount of decoration can be changed to suit your taste and budget.
  • Oakwood Instruments
    Hand made instruments, mandolins, mandolas, citterns, bouzoukis, guitars, banjos, harps, hammer dulcimers, electric violins, electric basses, custom instruments, musical instrument repairs.
  • Old Wave Mandolins
    Each Old Wave mandolin is meticulously handcrafted by Bill Bussmann. Bill "altered" his first Kay guitar in 1964, strung up his first mandolin in 1990, and apprenticed with master fiddlemaker R.L. Crawford during 1992-1993.
  • P.W. Crump Co
    We build a variety of fine, custom, acoustic instruments, featuring Irish bouzoukis, octave mandolins, citterns, guitars, mandolins, mandolas, and hybrid instruments.
  • Paul Hostetter, luthier
    I am primarily engaged in the repair and restoration of wooden stringed instruments.
  • Peter Coombe
    Each instrument is carefully crafted from top quality native and imported wood, and finished with a high quality varnish finish.
  • Prucha bluegrass instruments
    Prucha Banjos. World bluegrass instruments manufacturer since 1978.
  • Randy Wood Guitars
    Randy Wood Guitars is located in the beautiful Savannah, Georgia area. Randy has been producing top quality instruments since the 1960's.
  • Red Diamond Mandolins
    Red Diamond mandolins are top quality instruments built by Don MacRostie in Athens, Ohio.
  • RichTone Instruments
    I've been building instruments since 1997, and have completed over 100. I primarily concentrate on building acoustic & electric mandolins, and short-scale "baby" banjos. However, I have built other instruments, such as: octave mandolin, electric guitar, a
  • Rigel Mandolins
    Pete Langdell Lutherie. Acoustic and electric mandolins, reproductions of historic models.
  • Ron Cook Studios
    Ron Cook is a California born and bred artisan luthier. He uses "green" methods and materials to craft one-of-a-kind "sound sculptures" as well as medieval and Early American stringed instruments from recycled, salvaged and urban forest woods.
  • Rosa String Works
    Rosa String Works is a business consisting of acoustic instrument building, repair, Bluegrass band, songwriting/publishing, and music accessory sales.
  • Smallstrings
    Smallstrings - Mandolins and other stringed instruments hand made in Scotland by Mark Mawby
  • Smart Musical Instruments
    I build a limited number of guitar and mandolin family instruments. My goal is always to build the finest custom instrument to meet each player's discriminating needs.
  • Sobell Guitars
    I've been playing guitar and mandolin family instruments since the mid 1960s. I began building instruments in the early 1970s when I made an Appalachian style dulcimer for my wife Liz and a carved-top cittern for myself.
  • Stelling Banjo works
    Stelling Banjo Works in Heards, Virginia, produces the ultimate handcrafted banjo.
  • Steve Parks
    This site tells a little bit about the work I do when I'm not out doing stuff with my kids and family.
  • Steve Roberts - Luthier
    Steve shares his time between Servette Music - located at 92, rue de la Servette in Geneva / Switzerland - and his luthier's work place.
  • Steve Ryder Stringed Instruments
    Steve Ryder Stringed Instruments has been in operation since 1987 and has grown from basic instrument repair into professional refinishing, repair, and designing/building of custom stringed instruments.
  • Terje Mentyjærvi
    I run a small guitar repair- and building-shop (est.1999) in Nøtterøy, near Tønsberg, Norway. I have four years of education from "Musikk Instrument Akademiet" in Moss, Norway, as a guitar builder.
  • Trillium Octave Mandolins
    Bob Abrams has spent (some might say "frittered away") his life building and playing musical instruments. Apprenticed to a banjo maker while still a teenager in St. Louis, Missouri, he now makes mandolins, Irish bouzoukis and octave mandolins.
  • Tyler Mountain Instruments
    Tyler Mountain instruments can be purchased from any of our dealers
  • Victor Banjola
    The original banjola was named, designed and built by Edward Victor Dick, luthier. The beautiful instrument is a cross between a tradional banjo and the mandola.
  • W.A. Petersen String Shop
    I specialize in Irish style bouzoukis, octave mandolins, citterns, and mandolas. Custom work includes guitars, banjos, and one-of-a-kind instruments. All instruments are hand crafted using solid wood.
  • Weber Guitars and Mandolins
    Bruce Weber leads a team of experienced luthiers with the goal of providing you with the best hand-built acoustic guitars and mandolins in the world. In operation since 1997, you can be assured of not only excellence in quality, but reasonable delivery ti
  • Woodley Mandolins
    We have sold, restored and appraised our share of high end concert grade mandolins, but nothing comes close to the craftsmanship, tone and power of a Woodley.

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