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Permalink Reply by Mama Mojo on November 18, 2009 at 5:06am

and another! Kathy Matsushita

http://home.comcast.net/~kathymatsushita/

Permalink Reply by Linda Marie on November 19, 2009 at 4:38am

Great obit . . . sounds like my kind of woman . . . flying in the face of tradition! I tried to find some other women luthiers and found a good interview with Tish Ciravolo (she's not a luthier, but she is the founder of Daisy Rock Guitars and is still flying in the face of tradition even today- trying to change the future of girls and women playing guitars). That's very inspiring, too. I also came across a picture of a harp guitar made by Kathy Wingert - It took my breath away! I found a site on the Acoustic Guitar Forum that started from the question "Are there any female luthiers out there?" There are quite a few names mentioned in this thread that could be researched individually. One guy gave about 9 names and their websites. OK, women, we have our work cut out for us!

Permalink Reply by Mama Mojo on November 19, 2009 at 4:54am

Great stuff, Linda, can you post a link to some of this material?

Permalink Reply by Linda Marie on November 19, 2009 at 5:02am

Yes, sorry for not thinking about the links: Here's the one on the Tish Ciravolo Interview: www.modernguitars.com/archives/002854.html

and here's the one from the Acoustic Guitar Forum:
http://www.taylorguitarforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=156203

Permalink Reply by Skeesix on November 19, 2009 at 5:11am

Linda Manzer

http://www.manzer.com/guitars/

Permalink Reply by Mama Mojo on November 19, 2009 at 5:50am

WOW!!!! Those are breathtaking designs.... I want one!