Bow Making School – in Italy

corso di incrinatura archetto

Currently our bow construction course is suspended due to a large commitment in the construction of our products, but the bow tuning courses remain active

The course teaches, preferably to those who already have some basic knowledge of lutherie, how to replace the hair, how to change the banding and the silver wire (level 1 course). It … Continua a leggere

Online Courses – Cesarini Luthier School

The online lessons will be theoretical only and you will have to proceed in the practical part in a totally autonomous way. The goal can be easily reached through our remote help that you can spend in time of need. In fact we give the possibility to use as you like a package of 15 hours, where the lesson must … Continua a leggere

Guitar wood, how to choose

Do you want to build a custom guitar in our workshop? These are the guidelines for choosing wood, you can certainly use them for personal amateur projects as well.

There are many woods and often you don’t understand anything, just because industrial marketing prefers to have us ignorant. The major industrial groups manufacturers of musical instruments partly to safeguard themselves … Continua a leggere

Bone nut, which one?

There are four variants at the Cesarini Custom Shop, choosing a bone nut must be considered, since the “expense / yield” is different.

The choices in ascending order in terms of remainder and cost are:

1 – pre-worked nut in “light” bone (white color)

2- nut to be worked in cow bone (white color)

3- nut to be worked in … Continua a leggere