Art Robb is a luthier in Wiltshire, England. Born in New York in 1945, all his musical instrument work has been in the UK. He specializes in Renaissance Lutes but also makes guitars, does repairs for local musicians and restores 18th and 19th century guitars. Art taught musical instrument making in evening classes and college from 1980 to 2000 and developed a portfolio of plans which are now available from his website.
▪ bio current as of 2019
2019
AL#138 p.70
Art Robb
▪ How do you take the back off a 19th-century guitar? Carefully, and slowly. The author offers good advice based on long experience.
2009
AL#98 p.70
Art Robb
▪ Finding blueprint plans for a regular triangular shaped 15-string lap harp (or plucked psaltery) but not the hognose style.