A manual aimed at string instrument players, both professionals and students, as well as organologists and all musicians and music lovers. The author takes the reader inside his workshop to discover the secrets of the luthier's fascinating and poetic work. The many, explanatory and at the same time artistic photographs, which make this book a true “objet d'art,” make one almost “touch” the woods, the objects, the instruments, to the point of smelling the glues and varnishes, no longer just readers but silent participants in the mysterious craftsmanship of a great master luthier.