Maingard Guitars - Workshop

"The Luthier at the Tip of Africa"

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WORKSHOP TOUR

The studio, at the tip of Africa, in Scarborough, Cape Town.	Interior view Matthias and Marc.	(L to R) Colin Rock, Marc Maingard, Matthias Roux.	De-humidification cupboard.	Selecting cedar tops.
Selecting brazilian rosewood.	Sanding a top.	Marc and Matthias in the sanding process.	Flexing for stiffness.	Checking edge stiffness.
Selecting braces, bass tones, mid-tones and treble tones.	Sharpening a chisel.	Cutting out rings for hand-made inlayed rosettes.	Glueing the braces to a classical concert cedar top.	Carving braces.
Measuring brace edge scallop thickness.	Carving braces.	Carving braces.	Planing braces.	Wood chips flying on steel string Grand Concert top.
More flying woodchips.	Tapping for tone, sustain, decay of note, listening to bass, treble and harmonics.	Scraping binding on a brazilian guitar.	Matthias buffing a finished guitar.	Marc - just testing.