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The Bouzouki Book is a comprehensive workshop manual on building Irish bouzoukis and citterns, it leads the builder step by step through the procedures amd techniques involved in a building these instruments. It was published in 2004 as a wire spiral bound book with over 120 pages, with more than 200 photos and diagrams and a fold-out plan section with all the necessary templates as well as a forward by Andy Irvine. Luthiers Mercantile and the Newberg Music Center have a few copies left and they will be happy to sell you one. Otherwise the book is now available as an ebook (in epub format) for $9.99 and shortly as a print-on-demand publication. The ebook is designed for use on an ipad, to be read using ibooks, which is a free download from the Apple app store. For other ebook readers it might be abled to be converted, though a Kindle version should be available very soon. For Mac users Calibre is a good tool for conversion and reading ebooks on a computer rather than an ereader device. The ebook that can be purchased through the PayPal button on the left of the page comes as a zip folder that includes the planes as an extra pdf. Once the PayPal transaction is done you will bere-directed to a page with a link to the download, which is 6Mb. The ebook is availble through Barnes & Noble for their Nook e-reader and hopefully soon through Apple's iBookstore. Unfortunately my distributor can't agree with Amazon about priceing, so it won't be available for the Kindle through Amazon. If you are desperate for a Kindle version please contact me. For those sales the pdf of the plans will need to be downloaded here. The chapter on moulded soundboards has been omitted from the ebook and is available as a pdf download for those interested The first chapter can be downloaded as a .pdf here, Andy Invine's Forward can be downloaded here and the (original) Contents page can be downloaded here For more information you can email or phone on 02 6251 4372 (within Australia) or +612 6251 4372 (from the rest of the world) or even send cash to PO Box 365, Jamison, ACT, 2614, Australia |
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The Mandolin ProjectThe Mandolin Project is now available and details the construction of
four mandolins, including The book is comprehensively illustrated with photographs, diagrams and plans and includes an extensive chapter on the history of the mandolin. It is published with 'lay-flat' perfect binding, though I do have some ring-bound copies available. It is now available as an epub for $9.99. Please click on the button on the left. The book is also being prepared for Apple's new iBooks format and that will hopefully be available through the iBookstore by the middle of 2012.The dowloaded .zip file contains the plans as a printable pdf The Table of Contents, the introductory chapter (500kb pdf) and a History of Mandolin Construction (1Mb pdf) can be downloaded. In preparation is an ebook version which will be available in mid-2012.It will be available as an epub, a pdf download and I am working on getting a version in the new Apple iBook format as well. The first chapter on Mandolin History in ibook format is ready, but the site won't let me upload it. Email me for a copy or download it from my Dropbox. The price is A$35 (inc postage within Australia) If you are somewhere else in the world or none of the options suit you, email me to check the postage and what currency you can pay me with.Prefered payment is through PayPal, though cheques in A$ and cash are fine as well. Click here to order a copy Wholesale distribution is through Independant Publishers Group in Chicago Il. The book is also available from Guitarwoods, Luthiers Mercantile and Elderly Instruments. |
