'My Violin Needs Help! A Repair Diagnostics Guide for Players and Teachers' offers advice from beginners to experts on violin repairs. Korinthia Klein is a luthier and the owner and operator of ...

Feb. 3—When Marc Glickman was a young boy, he purchased a banjo kit. It was from Stewart-MacDonald, a small business at the time that has since grown into an international instrument supply company.

Using a gouge, Nelle O'Neill shaves wood from a violin's plates in just the right amounts. With each curl of wood, the sound of the finished product will change. "The more wood removed, the lower the ...