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William T. Crocca

While still a teenager, Seven-year GAL member William T. Crocca was introduced to lute construction by Meeme Malgi, a violin maker in the New York City area. Bill could no longer spend the required time with Mr. Malgi once college began, so he acquired a few books and began building his first guitar. Of course, that also involved building tools and fixtures. A few guitars were sold, one to a violinist in the Trenton, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Career and family displaced a good portion of his available lutherie time, and now in retirement he is once again building instruments and learning new techniques.

▪ bio current as of 2023

The Two-Day Ukulele: Inducting Novice Luthiers

2023
AL#150 p.44               
William-T. Crocca                                                                                           

▪ A group of mature woodworkers set themselves the challenge of designing and presenting a two-day class in which kids and families can build a StewMac uke kit. It involved setting up twenty workstations. The class was a success, and everyone went home with a strung uke “in the white.”