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Following on from my last thread, I'd be interested to know what you would like to know - I'm putting together ideas for the follow up to my recent book about lutherie "Between the ideal and the possible" There are a few things i want to cover but is there anything you would like to know that isn't dealt with in the forum or in the books you already have?



Any thoughts?

nigel

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nigel

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Yes, how to work successfully. Whether as a serious amateur or a professional, and however we define "success".

I have been self employed for about 20 years. My first training was at art school and received a lot of training in craft, theory, and history. Precious little at being successful, let alone any entrepreneurial skills. I've had to work very hard to achieve the modest success that I have but it was a tough slog figuring things on the fly.

I'd love to see case studies of a variety of luthiers which address the variety of issues in running a successful lutherie practice. All the way from the home hobbyist trying to achieve "success" on their first instrument, through to the dedicated hobbyist working to a higher standard of "success", to various levels of professionals.

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