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this was not a letter to a luthier it was an informal post in a forum. Why is everyone treating this trivial piece of crap I wrote like it was a formal letter to the sorbonne (and I intentionally did ...

wow what an arrogant bunch of jerks. god forbid someone dying of thirst should come up anyone of you and ask "can I have a glass of water"? They would die of thirst whole you made fun of him ...

...no I think everyone else is missing the point here. I posted informally wanting a luthier apprenticeship I didn't know every little word I typed would be included in my permanent record as they use ...

You may want to improve your writing skills a bit. If I were a luthier, looking for an apprentice, I might be turned off if I received a letter like your post.
someone wrote that they think I'm missi ...

it comes down to this I'm a damn good woodworker and unless you're a master luthier asking me to send him or her a letter formally introducing myself and what I can bring to the table, then you really ...

I don't have to comm
ent on her grammar, because it's perfect. Nor do I have any criticism of her attitude. Things like that make all the difference.

You, however, directly asked for tutoring, an ...

This happens to be so for every field of endeavor. Another thing employers look for is commitment and good listening skills.

My shop manager and I were talking about this topic yesterday. I actua ...

You may want to improve your writing skills a bit. If I were a luthier, looking for an apprentice, I might be turned off if I received a letter like your post.
You might want to check your own skills ...

I'm sorry, I didn't realize that I was submitting a letter to the National Conservatory. if I knew that I would of been more careful. this was an informal letter of my intent. most of the typos were d ...

You may want to improve your writing skills a bit. If I were a luthier, looking for an apprentice, I might be turned off if I received a letter like your post.
I think my writing is just fine the way ...

I did a search for apprenticeship and didn't find anything so here goes.
I live in the sf bay area and I am looking for a master (insert castro referenced joke here). I have allot of experience work ...

I think it'd be kind of interesting to see a cladny plate experiment done. See what pattern a top produces thicknessed evenly compared to density.
the violins been around for centuries I'm sure the ...

I read somewhere that thicknessing to the density of the wood is one of the tricks of getting a better tone.
In other words, arch the top, plane down to within a few mm and plane to match the translu ...