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Tag Archives: Fun
At the roots of the guitar; The Carolingian CYTHARA.
Perhaps you have already caught a glimpse of my research project of last year. It slipped in on some photos and social media postings. But I haven’t had the possibility to write too much about it earlier. The reason? Like … Continue reading
Posted in Cythara, Events, Guitar Plans, Lectures, Living history, Lute, Music, Projects, Re-enactment, Research, Uncategorized, Woodworking, Year of the Psalter
Tagged Archaeology, Cythara, Dutch, Earlier Music, Fun, Guitar Plans, History, Inspiration, Living history, lyre, Music, Plans, Psalter, Research, Sharing
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To hang our Lyres up to the Willows…
“By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our lyres.” Psalm 137:1-2 (ESV) o you probably have heard these verses? They are fairly well known. The people … Continue reading
Posted in History, Living history, lyre, Music, Projects, Re-enactment, Research, Think different, Uncategorized
Tagged Earlier Music, Fun, Inspiration, Library, Living history, Luthierlife, Manuscripts, Projects, Psalter, Silly
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The Ace of Spades
If you like to gamble, I tell you I’m your man, You win some, lose some, it’s all the same to me, The pleasure is to play, makes no difference what you say, I don’t share your greed, the only … Continue reading
Posted in Lute, Uncategorized, Workshop
Tagged Fun, Inspiration, Lutherie, luthier, Luthierlife, Music, Personal, Theorbo
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Demodag at Baptist Tools
Last Saturday I attended the “demo-day” at Baptist Toolshop in Arnhem. They invited three other woodworkers and toolmakers like Tormek, Record Power and Mafell to show their goods and innovations… My neighbour was bowyer Simon van der Heijden, who makes … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Uncategorized, Woodworking
Tagged collaboration, Crafts, Creativity, Dutch, Events, Friends, Fun, Inspiration, Sharing, Sharing information, Woodworking, Work
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Building instruments live at the Batavia shipyard…
Last weekend my re-enactment season for 2018 started. Along with the bookbinder of “The Paper Unicorn” we’ve been asked to show our crafts at the Batavia Shipyard in Lelystad. The first day we stood at the museum, but we moved … Continue reading
Posted in Events, History, Lute, Projects, Re-enactment, Research, Think different, Uncategorized, Woodworking
Tagged Creativity, Events, Friends, Fun, History, Learning, Lutherie, Luthierlife, Music, Reënactment
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One year in business!!!
Yes!!! One year has passed since I registered with the Dutch chamber of commerce and JAVACA LUTHIER / The Dutch Luthier became an official company. It has gone so fast that Facebook had to remind me. This is what I … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Projects, Research, Think different, Uncategorized
Tagged Blogs, Dutch, Events, Experiments, Fun, Ideas, Inspiration, Learning, Netherlands, Personal, Projects, School, Sharing, society, Thoughts, Work
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De Stradivarius lezing online!
Tijdens de afgelopen Gitaarbouwersmeeting in Kootwijkerbroek zijn de lezingen gefilmd. Zo ook mijn stukje over de Stradivarius gitaren! Ik geef deze lezing met enige regelmaat, maar het is nooit twee keer hetzelfde. Voordeel van uit je hoofd werken is dat … Continue reading
Posted in Guitar, History, Lectures, Lute, Research, Think different, Tools, Uncategorized, Woodworking, Workshop
Tagged Creativity, Curiosity, Dutch, Education, Fun, History, Ideas, Inspiration, Knowledge, Learning, Lecture, Lectures, Music, Personal, Projects, Research, Sharing, Silly, Stradivari, Technology, Thoughts, Tools, Violin, Work
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The Holy Grail
One of my lutherie teachers always said that instrument makers are always in search of the Holy Grail… Well, last week I found one while making a theorbo…
Posted in Lute, Think different, Thoughts, Uncategorized, Woodworking, Workshop
Tagged Creativity, Friends, Fun, History, Inspiration, Personal, Research, School, Sharing, Theorbo, Thoughts
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The modern way of violin making…
Sometimes tradition can only take you so far and mechanisation is needed. The world of violin making is quite opposed to this, especially when Stradivari didn’t use it. In these two clips you see the merits of mechanisation in violin … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Think different, Tools, Uncategorized, Woodworking
Tagged Creativity, Curiosity, Fun, Lutherie, Nonsense, Violin, Woodworking
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The Dutch Luthier 