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Installing my first rosette, after a rough cut of the sounding board. Working with chisels is fun but I really do need more experience... ;P

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The beginning

This is the beginning of my adventure in luthiery. Some time ago I discovered a small workshop in Susa, a beautiful town near the mountains here in northern Italy. There, old and young people meet to work together and share their experience, making classical instruments such as violins and classical guitars, following the teachings of the master luthier Gianfranco Dindo.

They welcomed me like a family. I said that I wanted to learn and make a classical guitar.

For most of the time I work alone, because of the distance between Susa and my home town but I can always count on them, their teachings, their suggestions and the most precious thing: their friendship.

And here the journey begins...

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My first classical guitar - Gluing the two pieces of the sounding board. Spruce from Val di Fiemme (Italy), animal glue. La mia prima chitarra classica - Incollaggio dei due pezzi della tavola armonica. Abete rosso della val di Fiemme, colla animale. #luthiery #liuteria #chitarraclassica #classicalguitar #artigianato (presso Piedmont)