Doc_J
Well-known member
Just received this sad Kickstarter news in an update regarding the Uke Book.
"Dear Kickstarter Backers,
I am sad to announce that John Weissenrieder passed away last week. John had been fighting pancreatic cancer since he was diagnosed late fall 2015.
John was truly a master at his craft and he was determined to share his knowledge with luthiers and anyone wanting to gain insight into how a musical instrument is made. It was an honor to work one on one with John. He taught me how to see the details in the hand made, and to have the boldness and confidence to chisel, saw, and sand step by step toward beautiful results.
Because of the unpredicted circumstances, John and l were unable to meet our goal of printing the Uke Book within the time frame as we had planned. Though John won’t be able to hold a copy of the book in his hands, I know how happy it would have made him to complete this project.
Over the past couple of weeks John was working with printers close to his home in Italy to bring the Uke Book to paper. Because I live in NY, I’m not able to work with them, so I will be on the hunt for another printing service here in the US. If anyone knows of a good service, or even a publisher who would be interested in helping the Uke Book get into the hands of luthiers, ukulele lovers, instrument makers, artists and more, please don’t hesitate to contact me!
I want to thank everyone again for making this project come to life and to all of those who helped it through to this phase whether it was copy editing or moral support, it all counts! The status of the book thus far is that all 14 Chapters (249 pages) have been completed with illustrations and writing, it has been designed and laid out with Adobe inDesign, and has been copy edited. I will keep backers posted with the status of the project. Below I have attached a few sample pages from Chapter 12 Frets of the Uke Book and a link to view chapters 10-12. I am determined to have the book printed and I can not wait to see what beautiful instruments you will create with it!
Love to all of Johns family, friends and colleagues. Thank you all for your tremendous support and patience!
Sarah Greenbaum"
"Dear Kickstarter Backers,
I am sad to announce that John Weissenrieder passed away last week. John had been fighting pancreatic cancer since he was diagnosed late fall 2015.
John was truly a master at his craft and he was determined to share his knowledge with luthiers and anyone wanting to gain insight into how a musical instrument is made. It was an honor to work one on one with John. He taught me how to see the details in the hand made, and to have the boldness and confidence to chisel, saw, and sand step by step toward beautiful results.
Because of the unpredicted circumstances, John and l were unable to meet our goal of printing the Uke Book within the time frame as we had planned. Though John won’t be able to hold a copy of the book in his hands, I know how happy it would have made him to complete this project.
Over the past couple of weeks John was working with printers close to his home in Italy to bring the Uke Book to paper. Because I live in NY, I’m not able to work with them, so I will be on the hunt for another printing service here in the US. If anyone knows of a good service, or even a publisher who would be interested in helping the Uke Book get into the hands of luthiers, ukulele lovers, instrument makers, artists and more, please don’t hesitate to contact me!
I want to thank everyone again for making this project come to life and to all of those who helped it through to this phase whether it was copy editing or moral support, it all counts! The status of the book thus far is that all 14 Chapters (249 pages) have been completed with illustrations and writing, it has been designed and laid out with Adobe inDesign, and has been copy edited. I will keep backers posted with the status of the project. Below I have attached a few sample pages from Chapter 12 Frets of the Uke Book and a link to view chapters 10-12. I am determined to have the book printed and I can not wait to see what beautiful instruments you will create with it!
Love to all of Johns family, friends and colleagues. Thank you all for your tremendous support and patience!
Sarah Greenbaum"