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A luthier is someone who builds or repairs string instruments generally consisting of a neck and a sound box.

The word "luthier" comes from the French word , 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 classical guitar.

A luthier does not make harps or pianos, as these require different skills and construction methods because their strings are secured to a frame.

The guitar is a musical instrument classified as a fretted string instrument with anywhere from four to 18 strings, usually having six.

The sound is projected either acoustically, using a hollow wooden or plastic and wood box (for an acoustic guitar), or through electrical amplifier and a speaker (for an electric guitar).

It is typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers, thumb or fingernails of the right hand or with a pick while fretting (or pressing against the frets) the strings with the fingers of the left hand.

The guitar is a type of chordophone, traditionally constructed from wood and strung with either gut, nylon or steel strings and distinguished from other chordophones by its construction and tuning.

The modern guitar was preceded by the gittern, the vihuela, the four-course Renaissance guitar, and the five-course baroque guitar, all of which contributed to the development of the modern six-string instrument.

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String instruments, stringed instruments, or chordophones are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when the performer plays or sounds the strings in some manner.