Luthierie Books, ProSeries Drawings, and acrylic templates
Our library of books on stringed musical instrument design, construction, acoustics, and tap tuning were written by heralded author Roger H. Siminoff whose luthierie experience spans more than 60 years.
Titles include The Ultimate Bluegrass Mandolin Construction Manual 4th Edition, The Luthier's Handbook 2nd Edition, The Art of Tap Tuning 2nd Edition, The life and work of Lloyd Allayre Loar, and The Luthiers Glossary 2nd Edition (eBook version).
We are also proud to present The Physics of Music, an exciting adventure into a college class at Northwestern University taught by Professor Lloyd A Loar. This text is a replica of a student's lab notebook that includes numerous diagrams from Professor Lloyd Loar's last summer class before his death in 1943. This is about as close as you can get to a personal class on musical acoustics with Lloyd Loar!
Our ProSeries Drawings are considered to be best-in-class and were crafted by Roger Siminoff. Drawings are accurate, highly-detailed, full-size, computer-generated drawings of the F5*, F4, A1, and A5 mandolins, the H4 and H5 mandolas, and a set of Template and Fixtures Drawings for constructing the F5 mandolin. (*Please note that our Pro-Series F5 Mandolin Drawings are not sold separately. Instead, the complete set of full-size F5 mandolin drawings is included in the Ultimate Bluegrass Mandolin Construction Manual, 4th Edition.)
To further complement our ProSeries Drawings, we have a full series of highly accurate laser-cut acrylic plastic templates for building the F5, A5, F4, and A1 mandolins, and for the H5 mandola. You will find the templates on our sister website at: www.siminoffbooks.com or CLICK HERE if you want to leave Straight Up Strings and go directly to that page now.
Lastly, Roger's latest publication is The Luthier's Glossary, 2nd edition - a heavily illustrated 206-page eBook wth over 1,400 definitions of the words of lithierie. This eBook PDF format is ready to be downloaded to your tablet, laptop, phone, or computer. Available only on our sister website at www.siminoffbooks.com or CLICK HERE to leave this Straight Up Strings site and go directly to The Luthier's Glossary page now.
