Category: Historical Makers

Orville’s Harp Guitars

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...

Apr 10, 2015

It began almost four years ago, when mandolin buff Jim Garber discovered this extremely cool...

Mar 1, 2015

I’m still pinching myself, as I honestly never thought that this day would ever come. ...