Luthier is an English word with synonyms like craftsman or artisan. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Luthier meaning
A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars.
Synonyms of Luthier
Using Luthier
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars.
- Useful related words include: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer.
- In the example corpus, luthier often appears in combinations such as: the luthier, and luthier, by luthier.
Context around Luthier
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Luthier
- In this selection, "luthier" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, french, spanish, asked, behind, maxime and carrie stand out and add context to how "luthier" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1970s english luthier stefan sobell and a skilled luthier supplied these. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "luthier" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with luthier
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cohen was also the luthier behind Equilibrium Guitars. (8 words)
One of the soldiers, Private Törrönen was credited as the luthier. (11 words)
Local musician and luthier, Carrie Hendrix, has been interested in instruments since childhood. (13 words)
The artist and luthier Irving Sloane pointed out, in his book Steel-String Guitar Construction, that truss rods are intended primarily to remedy concave bowing of the neck, but cannot correct a neck with "back bow" or one that has become twisted. (42 words)
The instruments used are either flat-backed, oval hole examples as described above (made by UK luthier Roger Bucknall of Fylde Guitars), or carved-top, oval hole instruments with arched back (made by Stefan Sobell in Northumberland). (37 words)
During the 19th century the Spanish luthier and player Antonio de Torres gave the modern classical guitar its definitive form, with a broadened body, increased waist curve, thinned belly, improved internal bracing. (32 words)
Example sentences (19)
Cohen was also the luthier behind Equilibrium Guitars.
Luthier Maxime Baron of Baron Guitar isn't surprised – he's selling his handmade guitars as fast as he can make them.
Local musician and luthier, Carrie Hendrix, has been interested in instruments since childhood.
At the moment, he uses the two guitars made by Greg Fryer—the luthier who restored the Old Lady in 1998—as back-up.
During the 19th century the Spanish luthier and player Antonio de Torres gave the modern classical guitar its definitive form, with a broadened body, increased waist curve, thinned belly, improved internal bracing.
In 1999 South American ERB player Igor Saavedra designed one of the first 8 string ERBs known, and asked Luthier Alfonso Iturra to build it for him.
In the early 1970s English luthier Stefan Sobell developed a large-bodied, flat-backed mandolin with a carved soundboard, based on his own cittern design; this is often called a 'Celtic' mandolin.
It was modified by luthier Rual Yarbrough from a Vega five-string model.
M. Chanot-Chardon, a well-known French luthier, asserted that his father had a label of Stradivari's stating, "Made at the age of thirteen, in the workshop of Nicolò Amati".
One of the soldiers, Private Törrönen was credited as the luthier.
Part of the regular maintenance of a bow is having the bow "rehaired" by a luthier with fresh horsehair and having the leather and wire wrapping replaced.
The artist and luthier Irving Sloane pointed out, in his book Steel-String Guitar Construction, that truss rods are intended primarily to remedy concave bowing of the neck, but cannot correct a neck with "back bow" or one that has become twisted.
The electronic music equivalent of a skilled luthier supplied these expensive modifications to a willing clientele in units called the "Devilfish","The Borg" and "Acidlab".
The instruments used are either flat-backed, oval hole examples as described above (made by UK luthier Roger Bucknall of Fylde Guitars), or carved-top, oval hole instruments with arched back (made by Stefan Sobell in Northumberland).
The lute belly is almost never finished, but in some cases the luthier may size the top with a very thin coat of shellac or glair to help keep it clean.
The luthier made his instrument in the style of René Lacote, a more well-known Paris-based guitar-maker.
These plans were eventually given to guitar luthier Andrew Guyton in around 2004/05, some slight modifications were made and the guitar was built.
This body style's combination of a small profile with a deep sound has made it immensely popular, and it has since been copied by virtually every major steel-string luthier.
Well into the 19th century, Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, the leading French luthier of his time, also made many important copies of Strads and Guarneris.
Common combinations with luthier
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the luthier 5×
- and luthier 2×
- by luthier 2×
- french luthier 2×