Accomplished Women Luthiers (for inspiration!)

Posted by Mama Mojo on November 17, 2009 at 1:02pm
I met the assistant to Carleen Hutchins - he works at my local home depot.... I hadn't heard of her before then, so decided to do a search and read about her. Pretty amazing. She was building violins until just before her death at age 98! Her obit is here: http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/aug/17/luthier-carleen-hutchins-98-dies/news-nation-world/ Know of more women builders? Please add them here!

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  • Mama Mojo November 19, 2009 at 11:50am
    WOW!!!! Those are breathtaking designs.... I want one!
  • Skeesix November 19, 2009 at 11:11am
    Linda Manzer

    http://www.manzer.com/guitars/
  • Linda Marie November 19, 2009 at 11:02am
    Yes, sorry for not thinking about the links: Here's the one on the Tish Ciravolo Interview: www.modernguitars.com/archives/002854.html

    and here's the one from the Acoustic Guitar Forum:
    http://www.taylorguitarforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=156203
  • Mama Mojo November 19, 2009 at 10:54am
    Great stuff, Linda, can you post a link to some of this material?
  • Linda Marie November 19, 2009 at 10:38am
    Great obit . . . sounds like my kind of woman . . . flying in the face of tradition! I tried to find some other women luthiers and found a good interview with Tish Ciravolo (she's not a luthier, but she is the founder of Daisy Rock Guitars and is still flying in the face of tradition even today- trying to change the future of girls and women playing guitars). That's very inspiring, too. I also came across a picture of a harp guitar made by Kathy Wingert - It took my breath away! I found a site on the Acoustic Guitar Forum that started from the question "Are there any female luthiers out there?" There are quite a few names mentioned in this thread that could be researched individually. One guy gave about 9 names and their websites. OK, women, we have our work cut out for us!
  • Mama Mojo November 18, 2009 at 11:06am
    and another! Kathy Matsushita

    http://home.comcast.net/~kathymatsushita/
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