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 ...

Doug Cox works on a viola in his studio in West Brattleboro. Cox uses maple that grew nearby for all his instruments. Doug Cox has been making world-class stringed instruments for more than 50 years.

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Naturally talented and born with an ear for music, Bruce Sexauer first picked up a guitar when he was 17. He began writing his own songs and dreamed of becoming a rock star, never imagining he’d ...

A Woodmere man says he is one of about 80 full-time violin makers in the United States. Ed Maday, 57, told News 12 that he has been making violins, violas, cellos and other stringed instruments since ...

He was known as a “genius luthier” among niche mandolin communities across the nation and a notable bass player who helped enliven southwestern New Mexico’s music scene. Those who encountered William ...

Brian Calhoun has made guitars for music legends. His latest clients are kids. At what age do most kids start learning how to play guitar? If you ask guitar maker Brian Calhoun, based on conversations ...

Origins: “My family was musical, and we grew up playing country and bluegrass and folk music, and I was interested in taking apart instruments,” KiLin Reece says about growing up in Bonny Doon, ...

A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues used tree ring records to accurately date the wood used in a famous violin purported to be made by Stradivarius and showed that the wood was hewn ...

Some of the instrument's best players and builders congregate in Sonoma County this weekend, but the real stars are the guitars at the fifth Healdsburg Guitar Festival. Every style of acoustic guitar ...

The octobass is a huge stringed instrument that is twice the size of a double bass when standing, about 3.6 meters, and the strings cannot be pressed as they are, so the strings are pressed with a ...