Francis Kosheleff

Francis Kosheleff joined GAL in 1979 and has maintained his membership continuously ever since. He joined the human race (some doubt it) when he was born in France in 1929 to French and Russian parents. A compulsive inventor and part-time luthier, he builds mostly instruments that no other luthier would build: balalaikas, domras, packaxes, and others with folding, adjustable, or detachable necks.

▪ bio current as of 2001

By the same author:
  1. Questions: 3 String Balalaika Tuner
  2. It Worked for Me: Portable Amplification System
  3. The Ukrainian Bandura: A Distant Relative of the Harp Guitar
  4. Innovative Instruments for the Performing Musician
  5. The Ultimate Troika
  6. The Big One of ’89
  7. Three Legged Bridge
  8. Wonders of the Lutherie World: The Feral Balalaika
  9. Review: L’ELAN
  10. Nylon/Steel String Guitar
  11. Birth of the Packaxe