How to Use luthier in a Sentence

luthier

noun

• The desperate young man made a point of showing up to see a band one night where the luthier, Doug Naselroad, was performing.
  — Amy Chillag, CNN, 18 Sep. 2020
• Eddie Monnier, founder of Luthiers for a Cause, posed the question of what would happen if a half-dozen of the world’s best luthiers put their skills into the project using the same exact wood.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 June 2017
• And who better to build it than Reuben Forsland, the Canadian luthier who had crafted Slash’s guitar?
  — Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022
• Tall, blond and amiable, Danny is a rocket-science-turned-luthier.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 3 Jan. 2022
• Not one of the aspiring luthiers, however, followed the exact directions — all veered off on their own path.
  — Annaliza Savage, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2013
• South Hill is a prime example of how the local scene has evolved: in 2014, Selin was a luthier, repairing and restoring stringed instruments, and was making cider at home.
  — Jason Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2021
• Traditional artist David Gerard of Homer will purchase tools and travel to study with a master luthier.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2018
• The endeavor will help bring new life to four instruments donated to the school district in 1937 by local luthier Frank Chatfield.
  — Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2017
• Wolf was the first of several instruments that famed luthier Doug Irwin designed for Garcia.
  — Patrick May, The Mercury News, 1 June 2017
• Musicians, luthiers, and scientists have tried for decades to figure out what gives a Strad its beautiful sound, yet no one has ever quite replicated it.
  — Chuck Squatriglia, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2020
• The instrument was made in 1922 by Carl Becker Sr., an American luthier, or maker of string instruments.
  — Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2022
• However, a great luthier can make most any wood sound incredible.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2022
• There’s quite a difference between somebody who’s a seasoned luthier and somebody who just starts out building guitars.
  — Josh Chesler, SPIN, 15 Feb. 2023
• If the violin world errs conservative, the reasons, according to the luthier Julie Reed-Yeboah, are self-evident.
  — Jennifer Gerste, The New Yorker, 2 July 2021
• Playing a blue bass custom-made by Huntsville luthier Tom Shepard, Anderson became a tasteful bassist, whether using a pick or his fingers.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 12 Apr. 2021
• Blue cursive ink on its interior indicated it was built by a Parisian luthier named Joseph Bassot in 1802.
  — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2018
• But throughout his career, Robinson has also used instruments made by boutique luthiers.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 31 Oct. 2013
• The concert was the culmination of decades of work by Weinstein, a second-generation luthier -- a builder of stringed instruments.
  — CBS News, 6 Dec. 2015
• In the four and a half centuries since the Cremonese luthier Andrea Amati helped bring the modern-day violin to life, the instrument has become an object of near-religious devotion.
  — Jennifer Gerste, The New Yorker, 2 July 2021
• Most but not all such farms feature an in-ground pool, stables, two horses, four types of garden (vegetable, butterfly, Zen, tulip), a neighbor who is a luthier, and a quintet of Araucana hens that lay splendid blue-green eggs.
  — David Kamp, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
• If one of them needs repair or restoration, their owners — wealthy collectors and world-class performers, mostly — call John Becker, a master luthier with a shop in downtown Chicago.
  — Seyward Darby, Longreads, 26 Jan. 2023
• The organization has a few special-interest groups such as women woodworkers, toy makers and luthiers.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2019
• Made by Antonio Stradivari, an Italian master luthier, the violins are regarded as among the world’s best and most valuable because of their beautiful tone and craftsmanship.
  — Corinne Ramey, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2020
• The luthier suggested his own veneering technique, involving a spray-on liquid that stabilizes the wood from cracking under severe heat.
  — Steve Knopper, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2022
• Acosta’s father, Miguel Acosta, was a guitar and bajo sexto luthier and innovator.
  — Hector Saldana, ExpressNews.com, 13 Jan. 2021
• Since then, luthiers have tirelessly tried to imitate Stradivari’s and Guarneri’s craftsmanship, copying their wood choice, geometry and construction methods.
  — Steph Yin, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2016
• His mother was a homemaker, and his father was a second-generation luthier, or maker of stringed instruments, who later became engaged in labor relations in the toy industry.
  — Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2019
• Ever the engineer, Joe is fascinated with how technology enables luthiers to build instruments with greater precision.
  — Bill Lohmann, The Seattle Times, 14 Jan. 2018
• His prior vocation greatly influences his luthier work.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 31 Oct. 2013
• All the violins produced combination tones, with the strongest coming from a 1700 Italian violin made by the famous luthier Carlo Annibale Tononi, followed by another older violin.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024