Having learned classical guitar as a kid and having developed an interest in woodwork in his early twenties, two-year Guild member J.A.T. Stanfield found his vocation uniting the two through lutherie. After living in Madrid, Spain, for a while, he currently builds at his home workshop in Oxford, England. He also spends his time trying to apply the delicacy of instrument making skills to the considerably larger project of period property restoration.
▪ bio current as of 2019
2019
AL#137 p.52
J.A.T. Stanfield
▪ There are many settings in which one might receive lutherie instruction these days. Looking for a change of scene? This article describes a 12-week course held in a 300-year-old building near the Devonshire coast of southeast England. It has a 40-year history and roots in the legendary London College of Furniture program. Mentions Norman Reed and Phil Messer. Also describes a systematic method of planing a board flat. Discusses doming a flat soundboard with shaped cauls and a go-bar deck.