John Monteleone

John Monteleone

Like lutherie itself, John Monteleone has been greatly influenced by Italian men, working with Jimmy D’Aquisto in the ’70s and Mario Maccaferri in the ’80s. He was recently featured in an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. And he’s been a GAL member for a total of thirty-six years.

▪ bio current as of 2014

By the same author:
  1. Elliptical Legacy
  2. D’Aquisto’s Wedge Bridge
  3. Letter to the Editor: Clarifying Details of D’Aquisto Wedge Bridge Article in AL#113
  4. Jimmy and the Classicals
  5. Questions: Mario Maccaferri wood viola
  6. Questions: Info on D’Angelico
  7. Sideways
  8. Letter to the Editor: Learning From D’Aquisto and Maccaferri
  9. Designing the Archtop Guitar for Sound
  10. It Worked for Me: Mandolin Side Heights
  11. Three Decades of Innovation captions
  12. D’Aquisto’s Design Development: Another View
  13. In Memoriam: Mario Maccaferri
  14. A Survey of Seventeen Luthiers
  15. Questions: Top Thickness Pattern
  16. A Modern Builder Interprets the Archtop
  17. Monteleone: The Artist Behind the “Grand Artist”