Do you think of instrument-making as an old-world craft?  Well, it doesn’t need to be, as Daniel Brauchli’s work goes to show. He’s using science and innovative design to bust the myths that surround instrument construction.  A luthier is someone who builds or repairs string instruments generally consisting of a neck and a soundbox.  The word "luthier" comes from the French word luth, which means lute.  A luthier was originally a maker of lutes, but the term now includes makers of stringed instruments such as the violin or guitar.

Produced by: Sarah Abbott