Luthier

A luthier is a person who repairs guitars, violins, violas, cellos, double basses, and other wooden stringed instruments. These instruments need regular adjustments and minor repairs, especially straightening the bridge. As well, sometimes instruments are damaged in accidents, and a luthier has to use wood glue, broken pieces, and clamps to repair the instrument. Luthiers also have the ability to create wooden stringed instruments, mostly classic string family instruments.

The French word lutherie is referred to the art to build wooden instruments. The word luthier comes from the French word luth, luth comes from the Arabian word al-`ūd (العود), this last word means lute, although its generic meaning is the wood. The German word for luthier is luther, that word has became also in a name (Martin Luther King) and in a last name (Martin Luther)

Luthier Media

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  A Luthier tunes the bridge of a violin.

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  Oud luthier on Mohamed Ali Street in Cairo, Egypt

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  A luthier building classical guitars in Madrid, Spain

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  American guitar luthier Robert Benedetto in his studio (c. 1976)

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  An engraver's impression of Antonio Stradivari examining an instrument

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  Contemporary luthier varnishing a violin