Orfeo 11-15 English

Contents

N° 11 – England

The guitar in England

Paul Fischer, David Rubio’s successor

Christopher Dean, custodian of tradition

Kevin Aram, an eclectic luthier

Gary Southwell, out of love for the old masters

Michael Gee, a luthier with a sweet tooth

David Rodgers: only the best will do

N° 12 – Belgium

The lutherie center of Puurs

Leonardo Guitar Research Project

Acoustics Laboratory, Le Mans University

Crelicam Project: producing ebony responsibly

Walter Verreydt

Karel Dedain

Mark Peirelinck, guitars and horses

N° 13 – Italy

Gabriele Lodi, in search of balance

Enrico Bottelli, rosette lover

Val di Fiemme, “Il Bosco che suona”

Paolo Coriani, from hurdy-gurdy to guitar

Mimmo Peruffo, Stringmaster

N° 14 – Germany

Markneukirchen, the town of music

Villa Merz

The Musical Instrument Museum of Markneukirchenn

C. F. Martin, from Markneukirchen to America

Richard Jacob “ Weissgerber ”, the unknown master

Armin & Mario Gropp, the successors

Angela Waltner, between Torres and Weissgerber

Joachim Schneider’s workshop

N° 15 – Japan

Classical Guitar in Japan

Masaki Sakurai

Kojiro Nejime

Kaoru Ono

Masahiro Tanabe

Aura Guitar Shop

Daisuke Kuriyama, Marín Nejime, Yuichi Shimizu

Japanese tools