Books on baroque guitar construction

[Gavin Cawley]

 

I am planning to build myself a baroque guitar (based on either the 1688 or 1700 Stradivari), can anyone recommend a reference book that covers the construction of baroque guitars?  I have plenty of books on the construction of modern classical guitars, and on baroque guitar music and stringing etc, but I need something that covers the differences in construction and construction methods used in baroque guitars.  I'd be very grateful for any suggestions.

[Gavin Cawley]

I've recently subscribed, so I'm looking forward to reading your article.  Mine won't be an exact copy, I'm intending to simplify it in places as it is my first guitar build.

[Jan van Cappelle]

Nice, keep us posted here on the forum. It's always inspiring to see other builds.

I've made a short(er) summary of the Stradivari article on my blog.
https://thedutchluthier.wordpress.com/2015/08/30/antonio-stradivari...