Category: Historical Makers

Vardon, Perry and…Wilbers?

Jan 1, 2016

Well, they’ve led me a merry chase, but I think I’ve gotten to the bottom of the story of Vardon,...

Nov 28, 2015

On to the second day of the 13th annual Harp Guitar Gathering! After a late Friday night –...

Aug 28, 2015

I’m speaking of course of Orville Gibson…and the rarest of the rare: harp guitars he...

Aug 22, 2015

By now you all know that Scott Holloway (who came to fame as the creator of the imported...

Aug 7, 2015

Faithful readers are familiar with my occasional “book reports,” which usually turn out to be...

Jul 19, 2015

Boston Day 4-6 Last night, the American Musical Instrument Society conference got off to a great...

Jul 12, 2015

Boston, Day 1 & 2 After nine days in Europe – our Genoa stay, then three days in Mulhouse – I...

Jun 24, 2015

Genoa, Days 4-5 Our traveler’s luck held out once again and our entire trip – both in Genoa and...

Jun 20, 2015

Genoa, Day 3 afternoon After my Monday morning visit to Gianmaria’s lutherie shop, Jaci and...

Jun 16, 2015

Genoa, Days 1-3 After our not-altogether-uncomfortable flight from L.A. to Paris and amazingly...