For most people, the desire to build a musical instrument is culled from a belief that if you really want a specific sound, you have to create it yourself. To David Mack, however, it was more of a ...

(RNS) — After a beloved choirmaster of a Texas church died in 2020, her congregation wanted to honor her in a unique way. The committee of Cross Tracks Church, a United Methodist congregation in the ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) -Mitch Moehring is a double bass luthier, which is the name for one who makes stringed musical instruments. He is a former music teacher who taught 6th graders and was introduced ...

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 ...

FRUITPORT, Michigan — In an age where house calls are becoming a relic of the past, one West Michigan doctor is bringing them back – with a twist. His patients don't have heartstrings, but they do ...

It's pretty common for a father to teach his son about the family business or even share the same talents and abilities. But it isn't every day you see a father-in-law and a son-in-law bonded by the ...

Mike Corrigan is maintaining a centuries-old craft of making and repairing brass instruments. Musicians from Bruno Mars' band, Lincoln Center's jazz series and others from around the world come to his ...

Hallmark senior artist Matt Kesler places handlebars atop a pair of French horns, in preparation for the final stage of a piece he calls “The French Peddler.” The work goes up for auction July 12 at ...

A two-year uilleann pipe-making class in Dublin is helping to preserve one of Ireland's oldest traditional instruments. The uilleann pipe-making class is part of Ballyfermot College of Further ...

JB Violins is tucked into a small building off Alley 38, just south of West Bonita Avenue in Claremont. One might expect its location in Claremont is the result of the arts-friendly college culture of ...