- William Laskin
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other_names=Grit Laskin, "The Masked Luthier"
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footnotes=Canadian luthier and musician William "Grit" Laskin is renowned for his high-quality instruments and acoustic guitar innovations such as the "Laskin Armrest" and "Ribrest", and his unmatched skill in the art ofinlay . [cite web |title=Grit Laskin Guitar , Saidye Bronfman Award Winner, 1997 |url=http://www.civilization.ca/arts/bronfman/br3rd02e.html |acceaadate=February 3, 2008] Larry Robinson, author of "The Art Of Inlay", extols Laskin as "the most astonishing inlay artist in North America."As a musician, he has several solo CDs, and is known as a member of
Friends of Fiddler's Green . He accompaniedStan Rogers , both on recordings and on tour.Laskin learned the trade though an apprenticeship with
Jean Larrivée beginning in 1971.fact|date=February 2008olo CDs
* "Unmasked"
* "Lila's Jig"
* "A Few Simple Words" 1995Other CDs
* "The Barley Grain for Me" Margaret Christll and
Ian Robb with Grit Laskin 1998Books
* "A Guitarmaker's Canvas: The Inlay Art of Grit Laskin" Backbeat Books, 2003 ISBN 0879307560
Literary Reference
A character in the
Charles de Lint novel 'Moonheart ' owns a Grit Laskin guitar.References
External links
* [http://cjtm.icaap.org/content/23/v23art4.html The Larrivee Tradition of Handmade Canadian Guitars]
* [http://www.williamlaskin.com/ William Laskin: Guitar Maker - his official website]Persondata
NAME=William Laskin
ALTERNATE NAMES=Grit Laskin, "The Masked Luthier"
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