The Art of Tap Tuning, 2nd edition his work at the Gibson

his work at the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Manufacturing Company where he developed the F5

his time overseas supporting the American Expeditionary Forces during WWI

Lloyd's professorship at Northwestern University

Siminoff's full-size mandolin drawings are heralded as best in class

The Art of Tap Tuning, 2nd edition his work at the GibsonThe Art of Tap Tuning 2nd Edition is a content rich treatise on musical acoustics that describes the process of adjusting the frequencies of the structural parts of acoustic stringed musical instruments to produce excellent tone. The great violin luthiers of the 15th and 16th Centuries learned that excellence in tone could only be achieved through a process called "tap tuning." Written by renowned author Roger H. Siminoff with more than six decades of