: one who makes stringed musical instruments (such as violins or guitars)
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Made of pinewood, bird’s-eye maple and plain-cut sycamore, the violin is almost certainly the work of a Scottish luthier, Reid said.
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Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The musical instrument, crafted in 1714 by Stradivari, the luthier most famously associated with the violin, sold for $11.3 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York Friday.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 9 Feb. 2025
Not only has the group’s sound evolved, moving from compact folk-rock songs into sprawling nine-minute jams and back again, but bassist and founding member Wylie Gelber recently exited to pursue a career as a luthier.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
According to his website, Kanneh-Mason’s cello, which is on indefinite loan to him, was made in 1700 by famed Venetian luthier Matteo Goffriller.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The musical instrument, crafted in 1714 by Stradivari, the luthier most famously associated with the violin, sold for $11.3 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York Friday.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 9 Feb. 2025
Not only has the group’s sound evolved, moving from compact folk-rock songs into sprawling nine-minute jams and back again, but bassist and founding member Wylie Gelber recently exited to pursue a career as a luthier.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
According to his website, Kanneh-Mason’s cello, which is on indefinite loan to him, was made in 1700 by famed Venetian luthier Matteo Goffriller.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Luthier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/luthier. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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