Luthiers are craftspeople skilled in making string instruments – guitars, violins, violas, cellos, double basses. Their hands carve, chisel, gouge, varnish, and fit together various types of inanimate ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Nashville woman making history as the first recorded Black female violin maker in the United States is inspiring others far beyond her workshop — including a Chicago-area ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Guitar Maker In the game “GuitarMaker” you play the role of a guitar craftsman. Build unique electric guitars. Develop your skills, choose the best wood and ...

“They asked me if I wanted one of them, and I said ‘Yeah, absolutely. Thank you!’ ” recalled McCain. As it turns out, the luthier of McCain’s grand soloist guitar is Gray Burchette of Elkin, who has ...

During a long guitar solo, the musician seems to disappear into the music. The world fades, muscle memory takes over, and all thought slips away. But when John Koeninger picks up a guitar, his brain ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Mario Miralles spent decades acquiring the spruce and maple for string instruments worthy of Yo-Yo Ma and Gustavo Dudamel. Then he was forced to evacuate. Mario Miralles spent ...

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The welcoming artist community and the mountains of Pennsylvania were what brought luthier and musician Daniel Yost to Oil City. As a luthier, Yost makes and repairs stringed instruments — but not ...

TJ Burch is fond of making them. “These are two students, husband and wife, and their last name is Carlson,” Burch said, pointing to works in progress. Burch also enjoys teaching others to build their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark Bluett began making violins, cellos, guitars, mandolins and just about anything that can make music with strings more than ...

Over his career, Mark Bluett has built and restored hundreds of stringed instruments, including some with unique histories. Quentin Fisher, a musician and former carpenter, apprenticed with Bluett ...

Three luthiers have collaborated to create a guitar, which will be raffled off through LEAF Global Arts at the annual LEAF Festival, taking place from October 16 to 19, 2025. The guitar was crafted ...