The Guitar Maker's Manuscript

A two-plate technical dossier on the classical guitar in the style of a luthier's workshop manuscript — body plan and woods on Plate One, resonance, bracing and strings on Plate Two.

What's inside

• Tabula I — woods and their density, the slotted head and Spanish heel, a full body diagram with proportions, and a table of body measurements in millimetres
• The soundhole and rosette, the division of the string across the fretboard by the twelfth root of two, and the action and saddle setup
• Tabula II — the acoustic modes of the box plotted at four resonant frequencies, and the bridge, saddle and tie-block with full measurements
• A string tension table for nylon and wound bass strings, the fan-brace pattern beneath the top, and plate graduation thicknesses
• Notes on French polish and instrument care, and a catalogue of the Spanish makers and their heirs