Masters of Tonewood: The Hidden Art of Fine Stringed-Instrument Making

Jeffrey Greene must be a picker and not just a master luthier because his beautifully told tale Masters Of Tonewood rings both loud and true.

Ketch Secor, founding member, Grammy Award-winning Old Crow Medicine Show

It is an odd feeling to read a book and feel like Antonio Salieri in Amadeus: to displace one note would be diminishment. I am a fiddle player, and like many people who fell in love with these magical boxes, I spent some time working in luthier shops. Greene?s book offers a very engaging way to enter that world while also providing a unique environmental history on how humans engage with trees. All of this is by way of saying, this wonderful book had me at ?tonewood.?

Philip Levy, four-time Florida State Champion Old Time Fiddler, University of South Florida

[T]his concise book offers a pleasing deep dive into an intriguing niche topic. A good choice for connoisseurs who appreciate musical instruments the way others do fine wine.

Kirkus

Jeffrey Greene takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the forests of Europe and with every page richly uncovers the mysteries held within the tonewood of the finest stringed instruments ever made.

Jeffrey Ziegler, award-winning cellist and member of the Kronos Quartet, The New School

[I]f you are an instrument "nerd," who likes to "geek-out" about your instrument, I recommend reading this book because it will help take you to a whole new level.

Bluegrass Unlimited