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been making fretted stringed instruments by hand, of unexcelled quality, for almost three decades. Please select among the links below to find out more about my career, my work, and how to obtain a Wm. R. Cumpiano guitar. |
William's accomplishments,
experience and credentials
A thirty-year love affair
with these small, singing wooden boxes
Obtaining your
Cumpiano guitar
I'll build one for you --
or I may have one ready-made that's right for you!
A gallery of
past Cumpiano steel-string guitars
Every instrument
different, every one designed to meet a player's requirements ... and thus, every
one cherished!
A gallery of past Cumpiano classic guitars
My intention is to work
within the traditional continuum ... innovatively
A gallery of
past traditional Latin-American and Caribbean string
instruments
William is Puerto Rican
-- his love for his heritage is displayed in his cuatros, tiples and requintos
A gallery of
past special projects and other instruments by William R.
Cumpiano
Ergonomic wedge designs,
a patented carbon fibre laminate soundboard -- recipes for the new millennium