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Feb. 3—When Marc Glickman was a young boy, he purchased a banjo kit. It was from Stewart-MacDonald, a small business at the time that has since grown into an international instrument supply company.
The word luthier is originally French and comes from luth, the French word for "lute".The term was originally used for makers of lutes, but it came to be used in French for makers of most bowed and plucked stringed instruments such as members of the violin family (including violas, cellos, and double basses) and guitars.
[6] [7] His guitars have sold for tens of thousands of dollars to over $500,000. One of his guitars was the first to be worth a million dollars. [6] [8] In 2006, D'Aquisto was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. His tools and work bench, passed down to him from D'Angelico, were given to the National Music Museum.
Giuseppe Fiorini in the 1920s. Giuseppe Fiorini (1861–1934) was an Italian luthier and is considered one of the most important Italian violin makers. He built his first instrument at the age of 16 while working in Bologna.
Henderson has built guitars for many notable musicians such as Tommy Emmanuel, Doc Watson, Peter Rowan, Gillian Welch, [2] Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Eric Clapton, and many others. The book Clapton's Guitar: Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect Instrument (2005) outlined the process by which Henderson built a guitar for Eric Clapton. [3]
John Bailey (1931–2011) was a British luthier who made and repaired guitars and other stringed instruments during the 1960s revival of English folk music and beyond. Bailey lived in London until 1972 when he moved to Dartmouth in Devon.