It’s time to pull out your tools. Sharpen your chis­els and your mind for build­ing your own instru­ment. You’ll be rewarded with more than sat­is­fac­tion of a job well done, you will also get the gift of music. I’ve rounded up some links to get you started.

Musicmaker’s Kits — An awe­some place for harp, dul­cimer, banjo, gui­tar, and var­i­ous other kits.

Luthiers Mer­can­tile Inter­na­tional — All the parts you need for mak­ing gui­tars, though quite applic­a­ble to other instru­ments. Also, they sell wood.

Liu­taio Mottola’s Lutherie Infor­ma­tion Web­site — Tech­ni­cal design infor­ma­tion such as for­mu­lae, tables, design tools. Again, not just applic­a­ble to build­ing guitars

From Mud to Music — A book really. It’s on instru­ments made from clay, their his­tory and how to make them.

Cigar Box Nation & Scotty’s Cigar Box Gui­tars — A cou­ple of great places for plans and resources for build­ing your own cigar box guitar.

Invented Instru­ments — While not a “how-to” page specif­i­cally, there are a lot of great shots of instru­ments being built from dis­carded mate­r­ial. Should get your juices going.

The Instru­ment Ency­clo­pe­dia — To help you decide what to build.

MFOS Sound Lab Ulti­mate — For those look­ing to build some­thing with more elec­tronic flair, here is a kit you can build for a clas­sic synth.

FolkUr­ban Music — Sim­ple, cheap instru­ments you can make from department/hardware store materials.

Tags: Creativity, DIY, Fun, Instruments

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