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Films
- Arimatsu-Narumi Shibori: Celebrating 400 Years of Japanese Artisan Design
- Breakdown Printing: An Introduction (Benn/Morgan)
- Creating Wire & Beaded Jewelry with Linda Jones
- Creative Machine Embroidery with Alison Holt
- Encaustic with a Textile Sensibility (Woolf)
- Expanding Your Creativity with Jeremy Sutton
- Festival of Quilts [2007]
- Festival of Quilts [2008]
- Paper Lamination: An Introduction (Benn/Morgan)
- Screen Printing: An Introduction (Benn/Morgan)
- Silk Painting with Jill Kennedy
- Surface Design Association - Conference DVD 2009
- Surface Design Association - Demonstrations DVD 2009
- Tray Dyeing: An Introduction (Benn/Morgan)
- Voicing the Guitar: The Healdsburg Lecture (Somogyi)
- New Projects
Ervin Somogyi (DVD)
Ervin Somogyi's guitars are known for having extraordinarily satisfying voices; they have been described as lustrous, deep, and astonishing. Having reached the age where he is ready to share his knowledge, he has also become the premier teacher of that final level of lutherie work: Tone.
This DVD condenses in 90 minutes the most important points that Somogyi makes in his recently published 2-volume book about the guitar and its sound. This material pertains equally to the classic guitar and the steel string guitar; it will be of interest to musicians, acousticians, and aficionados. 120 minutes. Universal Playback. All Regions.
1. The Guitar: What is it, exactly?
• Air Pump
• Structural Engineering VS. Monocoque Engineering
• Stiffness to Weight Ratios of Materials2. What is the Guitar Supposed to do?
• Monocoques: Bracing as an Organizer of Vibrational Modes
• The Monopole, The Cross Dipole, and The Long Dipole
• Steel String and Classic Guitars Need to do Different Things3. And Just How Does A Guitar Do It?
• The Cube Rule
• "X" and Fan Bracing: Strategies for Manipulating Vibrational Action
• Impedance = Resistance to the Rate of Energy Discharge
• The Guitar Back: Enabling the Soundbox to Breathe
Bonus Extras: Contains excerpts from Ervin's new books "The Responsive Guitar" and "Making the Responsive Guitar", as well as the Todd Hallawell Guitar Demonstration, and the promotional film, 'The Responsive Guitar featuring Steve Erquiaga'.
