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| Page 3 - Letters from our readers |
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Page 4 - Setting a Violin Neck Like a Professional
by Charles Rufino |
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Page 16 - Training the Next Generation
by Dan Erlewine |
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| Elliot with some of his metal art. |
Chelsea with a Plek machine. |
Uncle Dan with his new friends. |
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| Page 30 - Removing Top and Back Guitar Plates by Kerry Char |
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| The label on the back which Kerry removed from the harp guitar. |
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| Here’s a cool old Hawaiian guitar which was also on the table. |
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| Page 38 - Meet Rafael Mardones Sr. and Jr. by Federico Sheppard |
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Author Federico Sheppard says:
This story was written at 35,000’ above the Andes on my way home inspired by the complex geology and telltale colors of the heavy minerals making Chile a world mining center since 500 BC |
Federico (right) with Rafa Sr. |
A view of the main assembly area. |
The workshop is well laid out and organized with everything in easy reach. |
Rafa Jr. with the bandsaw built by Rafa Sr. |
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| This drum is mounted in the lathe to become a thickness sander. |
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The simple exterior of the Mardones workshop. |
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| Page 60 - In Memoriam: Robert Ruck by R.E. Bruné, Federico Sheppard, and Peter Oberg |
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| Bob Ruck and R.E. Bruné went down to Carlton McLendon’s place in the 1970s to get some rosewood from his log pile. |
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| 1995 GAL Convention, with José Romanillos. |
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| 1998 GAL Convention, with Greg Byers, Kenny Hill, Filippo Avignonesi and unknown |
2004 GAL Convention. |
2006 GAL Convention, with young Marshall Bruné. |
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| 2006 GAL Convention, at flamenco open mike. |
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