Nonprofit Technical Design and Research for the Lutherie Community Liutaio Mottola Lutherie Information Website, the college of lutherie knowledge. The site contains a wealth of information of interest to guitarmakers, violin makers, and other luthiers. Lutherie is the process of building stringed musical instruments. This site contains a collection of resources on the subject of designing and building plucked stringed musical instruments, from R.M. Mottola at Liutaio Mottola, nonprofit provider of design, research and educational resources to the lutherie community. Information here will be of interest mostly to guitarmakers.