Han
Speek's Irish
Bouzouki Site is a worldwide resource on Irish bouzoukis,
citterns and other instrments of the family with lots
of info on tuning, chord shapes and people who build
and play them.
Gilet
Guitars are based in Sydney and also supply timber
and other guitar building materials.
Jim
Williams Guitars have a very fine reputation
both here in Australia and overseas, and he has also
written a really useful book on building guitars.
Scott
Wise is based in Margaret River WA, and makes
guitars, mandolins and just about anyhting else with
strings. He also has a family of very fine musicians
Lawrence
K Smith is a guitar and mandolin maker from Thiroul
in NSW who has a useful page of links to other musical
instrument makers in Australia and in the rest of
the world.
Jeff
Kemp is a classical guitar maker in Armidale
NSW
If
you are interested in Irish or other wooden flutes,
check out Terry
McGee's home page, to find out about his instruments.
Peter
Coombe makes some of the worlds finest A-model
mandolins using lots of Australian timbers.
Gillian
Alcock is Australia's premier maker of hammered
dulcimers from lots of different traditions.
Andrew
Ellis is a guitar maker from WA making classical,
steel string and resonator guitars
The Guild
of American Luthiers publishes American Lutherie
four times a year and is essential reading for any
instrument builder
The Musical
Instrument Maker Forum is a discussion forum
for all kinds of musical instruments
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