Category: Historical Makers

The One That Almost Got Away

May 24, 2012

So there I was, halfway through our Italy trip, and just back from three Internet-less days in...

May 17, 2012

I was fortunate to be able to visit many of the luthier friends I had met on our last...

May 14, 2012

After our 3-day Milan trip, Friday was a morning to sleep in, then spend a leisurely afternoon,...

May 11, 2012

On our final day in Milan, Giulia and Hiroki were free and kindly offered to drive us around. I...

May 8, 2012

NOTE: My friend Giorgio Ferraris passed away in 2020. After leaving the museum collections at...

May 3, 2012

Since I haven’t shown you any instruments for a while, I’m going to throw a whole bunch at you...

Apr 26, 2012

Time for Day 3 of our continuing adventures in Italy. For this trip, we wanted to explore a bit...

Apr 19, 2012

By now, most readers have probably caught up with my first-time adventures in Genoa (Genova),...

Apr 8, 2012

There are two dozen or more Dyer harp mandolins known to survive at this point, and other than...

Apr 1, 2012

…whether that basket is labeled “Fakes” or “Authentic”…especially until you are sure! In this...