Similarly, my dad was a luthier for 15 years before passing away to cancer in 2022.
In the 5th grade, I wanted to learn guitar, so being the engineer he was, he built one. But needed machines first, and wood, and the garage.
Being an engineer instead of a business-minded operator prevented his work from becoming too well known but the instrument and what he accomplished was special.
I am going to make really sure that my heirs are going to be left with a simple financial arrangement, thank you for the implicit reminder to do so. Your dad was awesome, I looked at that video 3 times and there is so much love poured into that workshop that it makes me wish I knew someone worthy of carrying that torch for another generation. I can identify just about every station and see how smart and cost efficient he had it all set up. Have you thought about reaching out to the Luthier guild?
Being an engineer instead of a business-minded operator prevented his work from becoming too well known but the instrument and what he accomplished was special.
I know own the shop, guitars, and everything after his passing - a couple years ago I made a reddit thread asking for help - it blew up and is an interesting read - https://www.reddit.com/r/guitars/comments/1f07f1s/my_dad_lef...
I like to take pictures of products and build websites, unfortunately we just ran out of time.
https://sgg2.webflow.io/