luthier

noun

lu·thi·er ˈlü-tē-ər

-thē-ər

: one who makes stringed musical instruments (such as violins or guitars)

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Next to that was a miniature replica, built by a luthier in Connecticut, of the Wall of Sound speaker array, from fifty summers ago, out of which issued a playlist presumably assembled from Lemieux’s hissy tapes. —

Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024 The museum houses Stradivari, Amati, and Guarneri violins and cellos dating back to the 16th century, as well as recent masterworks by the world’s best luthiers. —

Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024 Likely the first commercial banjo maker in the United States was German immigrant luthier William Boucher Jr., who set up shop downtown in the 1840s. —

Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024 Burgess grew up in Boston, studying at Indiana University and later apprenticing under luthier Otis Tomas in Nova Scotia. —

Caroline Eubanks, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for luthier