The Art of Tap Tuning 2nd edition is a content-rich treatise on musical acoustics that describes the process of building stringed musical instruments and adjusting the frequencies of the parts 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 luthierie experience, and almost as many years dedicated to tap tuning, this revised edition of The Art of Tap Tuning breaks the mystique about tap tuning and reveals ground-breaking information on how easily tap tuning works and how to apply it to instruments you build to produce the best sounding stringed acoustical instruments. The text is accompanied by a secure-access interruption-free 55-minute video with numerous live tap tuning demonstrations (to be streamed to your device anywhere anytime).