Arnold Hennig has been building and repairing guitars and other instruments since 1972, focusing primarily on Latin American instruments. He has been a repair technician at Elderly Instruments for the past fourteen years.
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Thoughts on 12-String Guitars
2013
AL#113 p.50
Roger-Alan Skipper Dana Bourgeois Frank Ford Charles Freeborn David Freeman Evan Gluck John Greven George Gruhn Arnold M.J. Hennig Bruce Petros Andy Powers Tim Shaw Marc Silber Robert Steinegger
13 builders discuss various aspects of 12-string guitars.
Letter to the Editor: Steel String Construction
1989
AL#19 p.5 BRB2 p.221
Arnold-M.J. Hennig
Hennig gives advice about removing guitar bridges with a sharpened putty knife. He also laments the fact that popular opinion believes that guitars, unlike violins, have a “shelf life,” and as a result are often eventually neglected rather than repaired.
Letter to the Editor: Intentional Guitar Neck Twist
1988
AL#14 p.2
Arnold-M.J. Hennig
Hennig endorses Leo Burrell’s idea of intentionally planing a slight twist into the neck of a guitar. This letter also contains an early mention of nut compensation.