Category: Historical Makers

The Musical Instrument Collection at Milan’s Castle Sforza

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...

Mar 28, 2012

I’ve been meaning to write about this for some time, but it took a while to finish the new...

Mar 14, 2012

My initial question back in 2004 regarding the Combolin – or actually, pair of Combolins –...

Mar 11, 2012

Time to try and get back to the reams of unpublished historical information I continue to obtain....

Feb 16, 2012

Here is a special piece that has been in the works since a short teaser I did in October 2010, in...

Feb 7, 2012

…the V.I.P.s being your humble tour guide (my first time at this important facility), Benoît...