Monthly Archives: April 2019

Digital Guitar and Lute Plans

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Jan van Cappelle (Javaca)

You probably know my guitar and lute drawings. They’re quite (in)famous in the lutherie community. I’ve made them for a couple of years now, and literally hundreds of instruments have been constructed after them. Anything from Stradivari reconstructions to Danelectro … Continue reading →

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Forgotten instruments: the “Chitarra Pomposa” or “Bach-Ukulele”

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Jan van Cappelle (Javaca)

A couple of years ago two German musicologists, dr. Martin Schuft and Professor Hermann Lügner, did a remarkable discovery. On a flea market in Leipzig they found two boxes of old sheet music. Initially they didn’t think much of it, … Continue reading →

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