First-time American Lutherie author Andrew Atkinson is doing postgraduate work at London Guildhall University to recreate an authentic Elizabethan luthier’s workshop. This gives him a legitimate reason to poke around in old breweries.
▪ bio current as of 2002
2002
AL#69 p.36
Andrew Atkinson
▪ The author’s focus is on recreating a lute maker’s shop, circa the late 16th century. Old paintings provide some of his most valuable research materials. He is not only interested in old tools, but in the old ways of making those tools. With 2 photos.