BY KATHLEEN A BERGERON | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF CLASSICAL GUITAR Françoise and Daniel Sinier de Ridder had been repairing antique musical instruments, especially guitars, for museums and private collectors for more than four decades before they decided to publish a book about their work. In it, they described a select group of instruments and the luthiers who made them, and outlined how repairs were made, through description, drawings, and photographs. That first book, focused exclusively on instruments … Continue reading A Love Letter to the Spanish Guitar: A Bold and Beautiful Book Traces the Evolution of the Instrument