Paul Gardinier loves the exactitude. That’s the part of making string instruments that stands out as the Juneau man’s favorite. “It’s super precise,” Gardinier told the Capital City Weekly while ...

The craftsmanship says “fine musical instrument.” The jovial atmosphere says “fiddle.” As luthiers Steve Thomas and Gary Vessel work in their downtown Modesto shop, Thomas & Vessel Stringed ...

The Dutch ex-punk and Jim Jarmusch bandmate talks about his passion to free up a hidebound repertoire and make its strings ‘a real pop instrument’ ...

Matthew Gilbert grew up on a farm, studied literature in college and went on to get a master’s degree in theology. But his passion is violins. Creating new violins from generic-seeming pieces of wood, ...

BATTLE GROUND — One day in December 2016, during a rail journey into same northern Italian countryside where the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari made his stringed masterpieces, Mark and Sharon ...

As a child, Marten Cornelissen, who grew up in the Netherlands, was captivated by the airplanes that flew over his house during World War II. He went on to build model airplanes, and eventually ...

WATERVILLE — Making fine stringed instruments such as the guitar and the violin is as much a passion as it is an art and a science. And a business. That was the message Saturday at Common Street Arts ...

Luthiers Jong Won Lee, left, and Rachel Currier craft instruments at The Burlington Violin Shop in Burlington on Friday, June 21, 2019. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger [V]ermont Violins started as a ...

Early this year, I attended a cutting-edge music performance and workshop at the celebrated venue Roulette, in the heart of Brooklyn, New York, during which the ghosts of Memphis were very present.