<FONT face=arial><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">A luthier is a person who builds stringed instruments.&nbsp; These pictures show part of the painstaking process in building a guitar, which DH considers to be fun and recreation.&nbsp; He will spend months completing an instrument, and then he usually gives it away as a gift.</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">JOURNALING READS (from top down):</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sound board inside</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trimming sound board</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Clamping glue</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Stringing</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Done!</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><B>lu·thi·er</B> (l t - r) <I>n.</I> </P><P class=MsoNormal>One that makes or repairs stringed instruments, such as guitars.</P><P class=MsoNormal>[French, from luth, <I>lute</I>, from Old French lut; see <B>lute</B>1.]</P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">FONTS: Canterbury, century gothic</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">KIT: Sweet Melodies by Stacey Kluczny at 3Scrapateers</FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></P></FONT>