Luthier Lights (tm)
What are Luthier Lights?
Luthier LightsTM are the solution to the age old shop problem of how to effectively light the interior of instruments for inspection or repairs, such as setting sound posts. Using high tech flexible LED lighting, Luthier LightsTM are designed to provide good lighting for different instruments, by offering specific lighting heads for each type of instrument. A head designed to correctly light a violin or viola, wouldn’t provide enough light for a bass, and a head designed for a bass, would be too bright for a violin. The heads are powered by a plug-in switching power supply operating from 110VAC. The lighting heads are interchangeable, and a single power supply is all that is necessary to use any of the heads.
We were in "The Strad"
We were in the "New Products" section of the
February, 2013 issue of "The Strad".
WIND Leak Lights (tm)
The WIND LEAK LIGHT is another product that I am offering. These are about 24" long, and will fit into a wind instrument as small as a piccolo. The wire is stiff enough to push into an instrument, but flexible enough to handle curves. The lighting is the same as used to light up a double bass, so is very bright.
What do our customers think of luthier lights?
*“Just unwrapped the luthier light and stuck it in my viola . . . . awesome!!! So much better than my cumbersome bend-a-light, what a great product and idea! Looking forward to my next sound post setting for once . . .”
*“The lights arrived to today .. they are great, what a difference they make, many thanks!”
*“Apparently, once you start using your colleague’s luthier light for setting soundposts, you can't go back to your old light. I wanted to put this purchase off, but that would only lead me to additional frustration.”
*“I just set a cello sound post using this for the first time. Wow. It made the whole process so much easier. Amazingly easier. Let there be light! I can SEE!!!!! If you work on instruments, esp. celli, you owe it to yourself to get one of these.”
*"It's a fantastic product! I received mine today, certainly made me wonder how I got by without it before.”
Examples of things you can see with Luthier Lights (tm)
Endoscope views
With an inexpensive USB endoscope, you can get great views of internal structure. The lights built into these endoscopes are totally inadequate, and extra lighting with Luthier Lights, really makes it work.
Sizes for all instruments
Here's the inside of a double bass lit up with a Luthier Light
Inside a guitar
Our cello/guitar size is perfect for this size instrument.
Through the endpin hole
Even without an endoscope, you can get a much better view of things. Great for setting soundposts.
More with an endoscope
Great view of the neck block. It doesn't work well without a Luthier Light.
More with an endoscope
Cleats, bassbar, blocks. You can see it all with help from Luthier Lights.