Ralf Leenen and Barry Pratt
 
"This book represents the first definitive study of these instruments and their maker. With the aid of surviving instruments and period catalogues, they have been able to note every modification and development that has taken place over the past century-and-a-quarter, as Embergher and his fellow luthiers strove to create an ever more beautiful and sonorous timbre. And their
 
detailed analysis of precisely how these instruments produce their unique sound helps to explain why Embergher’s instruments are widely regarded throughout the world as the most perfect form of mandolin ever created …"