After the summer holidays, an unusual number of local repairs appeared. Have worked with them for almost three weeks. Next week I will start the next batch with GammelGura, not a day too early… Summer is always a difficult time for me, I am allergic to pollen and the efficiency is not the best. Every autumn I wake up and out…
Has spent a few weeks repairing, it seems that many want to have their guitars repaired after the holidays. Two interesting guitars were in for service, a Gottfrid Söderman from Docksta and a Frii from Umeå. Gottfrid moved from Västerhus to Docksta in recent years, both places near Örnsköldsvik. He is the only guitar builder from the area I…
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Searched among Swedish patents and found some that were interesting and some that were fun. First some Levin patents. Levin adjustable stable leg Levin drawbar… and then some more… “Holder for sheet music” “Sound amplifier” “Keyboard for guitar” “Movable rim for crack-free guitar” “Refine the tone”
Has written an article that will be published in the American member magazine American Luthierie sometime next year. In the article, I describe my methods to renovate an old parlor guitar. Among other things, the stable plate in spruce, the segmented stable leg, plugs and the overside intonation. When it was a few years ago I tested myself until the new ones…
