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Roy Courtnall is an experienced guitarmaker, luthier, writer, and lecturer in musical instrument technology. He has been involved in guitar making and violin making for many years.

He offers a range of products to help the new and experienced guitar and violin maker, as well as some items of interest to all musical instrument makers;

Full-size Plans and Working Drawings, including Blueprints of guitars made by some of the most famous guitar makers of all time; Instruction Books on Guitar and Violin Making; Violin Plans; and Hiscox Cases for most kinds of musical instruments.

Roy's published books include: Making Master Guitars, which is a complete reference for the guitar maker, and The Art of Violin Making, which he co-wrote with Chris Johnson, and which has a Foreword written by the late Yehudi Menuhin.

There is also information here about Guitar Making Courses at the well-known International School of Musical Instrument Making, based at Newark & Sherwood College (United Kingdom).

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