CLG Membership
The Chicago Luthiers Guild is a non-profit, educational membership organization that promotes stringed instrument building in the Chicago metropolitan area. Guild membership is open to anyone and dues are only $20 per calendar year. All members receive the newsletter (via email) and are free to attend all meetings.
Meetings are held 3 times a year, every 4 months.
Email Address Changes:
If you have a new email address, please send it to us at "updates at chicagoluthiersguild dot com". We do not share email addresses and will only use your email address for guild business. Thanks.
Other benifits:
⚈ You can showcase your work.
⚈ You can get an email address at our domain.
⚈ You can share and learn about making stringed instruments via the membership forums.
⚈ ... and a whole lot more!
Click here to join the guild.
You will find below several royalty free plans we found on the Internet and are hosting here for our members use. Many thanks to Christophe Grellier for sharing his plans with his fellow luthiers. They are licensed under Creative Commons. Look at his Downloads page for more information. Thanks to Makoto Tsurta, as well.
Stringed Instrument Resources
Supplies
| Luthiers Mercantile Int. |
| Stewart-MacDonald |
| Allied Lutherie |
| Hibdon Hardwood |
| Gilmer Wood |
| ebay - Musical Instrument Gear |
| Guild of American Luthiers |
Schools, Classes & Individual Instruction
Other Links
We are the Chicago Luthiers Guild.
Our goals include:
- sharing ideas with our fellow builders
- facilitate learning about lutherie: the art and craft of stringed instrument making and repair. - fellowship
We see a world where all things are made from renewable resources. We are passionate about contributing to that world as luthiers.
