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william cumpiano guitarmaker
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For three decades, William R. Cumpiano has been a professional handcrafter of
concert-quality
guitars, building instruments in the American, European and
Latin-American traditions. William Cumpiano is a widely-recognized master
of his craft, and a teacher besides. In 1985 William R. Cumpiano published what has become the
standard textbook of the trade, GUITARMAKING: Tradition & Technology. Recently William has
begun to offer a small number of learners each year the opportunity to build a guitar under his
close supervision in his own studio in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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concert-quality
guitars, building instruments in the American, European and
Latin-American traditions. William Cumpiano is a widely-recognized master
of his craft, and a teacher besides. In 1985 William R. Cumpiano published what has become the
standard textbook of the trade, GUITARMAKING: Tradition & Technology. Recently William has
begun to offer a small number of learners each year the opportunity to build a guitar under his
close supervision in his own studio in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Cumpiano, William Cumpiano, William R. Cumpiano, hand made guitars,
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From 1985 we developed and built this instrument, with equal attention to acoustic design and aesthetics. Carefully electronicaly tuned , and with maximum durability. Our saxes have a careful external finish. Their interior is protected
against changes of humidity, frequent in all wind instruments.
Bamboo saxophones consist of segments of bamboo successively larger in diameter. This progression, achieved by trial-and-error, has now been demonstrated by acoustical studies as the most harmonically effective.
The joints are extremely solid and resistant over time.
Our work with mouthpieces led us to use different bamboo types that
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It uses conventional sax reeds, which can be acquired in any good musical store
in the world. They have keys that cover toneholes outside the reach of the fingers. This improves the acoustic design and the fingering
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