Eight-year GAL member Rob Edelstein is a urologist by profession. Raised in the Pacific Northwest and transplanted to New England, he has been building instruments in his spare time for the past ten years. He recently completed a long-scale mandola, although he was trying to build a short-scale octave mandolin. He is an avid reader of American Lutherie, and greatly appreciates all of the informative articles.
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2008
AL#93 p.9
Robert A. Edelstein
▪ What if you used a graphite torsion rod instead of a wooden bass bar in a fiddle?
2006
AL#86 p.58
Robert A. Edelstein
▪ We all know that wood dust can make a luthier’s life miserable, but there are other air pollutants common to any woodshop.You better learn about them, and most of all you better learn how to avoid them. “Stay healthy! Make more instruments!” It should be one of our battle cries. With one chart.
This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.
2004
AL#78 p.54 BRB7 p.204
Robert A. Edelstein Ben Edelstein
▪ How would you like an inspection tool that slides into any soundhole and gives you an electronic picture of what it sees? It’s here, it’s very cool, but it’s still pretty expensive. With 7 photos.