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Stenzel Guitars & Ouds

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Making musical instruments started for me as a hobby when I was 12, but at the age of 21, it was revealed as my vocation. Please browse these articles to learn more about my approach to making classical guitars and ouds. Once in a while, I find something suitable to be published in my blog.

Articles about Guitars
  • Why a Stenzel Guitar?
  • Interview in "American Lutherie", 2000
  • Intonation and Playability
  • Intonation und Bespielbarkeit
  • Stenzel's Enhanced Wood Soundboards
  • Some thoughts on "double tops"
  • Tips for testing a guitar

Articles about Ouds
  • Wie ich dazu kam, Ouds zu bauen
  • How I started to make ouds
  • My new oud model
  • My new oud model in arabic
  • My new oud model in farsi

Miscellaneous Articles
  • About me: a short CV
  • Daniel Friederich - A sort of Obituary
  • Some thoughts on sound holes
  • Some thoughts on sustain
  • Some thoughts on varnish
  • Some thoughts on tone woods
  • Some thoughts on string tension
  • How I came to be apprenticed as guitar maker

… more coming!…

Πολυμαθιη νοον ου διδασκει
Much knowledge does not teach understanding

Fragments of Heraclitus, B40
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