Another "Cigar Box Guitars in Schools" Success: 18 guitars built in this class!
CIGAR BOX GUITARS IN SCHOOLS - SUCCESS STORY
CLASSROOM SIZE: 18 STUDENTS /
STUDENT AGES 7-12
For information on our education program, please see Cigar Box Guitars in Schools.
Dear Gitty,
In the beginning of June I did a week long day-camp at our school. The project for the week was building cigar box guitars. We had 18 kids, from age 7 to 12, and they each made their own guitar. They loved it!
I downloaded some great directions from your website, ordered a couple 12 packs of your strings, and went to town. (One of the cigar box orders I did was from your eBay store - the square "Don Rafael" boxes)
What really impressed me was that when we were finally ready to string them I had to do very little set up to get them to play. The older kids have woodshop regularly during the school year, so they did some great work. I think that the easy set up was due to a combination of the clear directions from your site, and their careful work.
I used tuning pins instead of tuning machines, mainly because we built 18 guitars. I just had to be careful drilling the holes for those. A drill press would've come in handy. We used end pins at the bottom, and they fashioned their bridge out of a dowel.
Finally, after that busy week I might have time to make a guitar of my own.
Thanks for your help!
Brad Kampf
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