And world-famous Gryphon is a magnet for folks interested in all sorts of acoustic, fretted stringed instruments. A woman walks in at 2 p.m. on a Monday: middle-aged, carrying her Gibson J-45 ...

Tan Chin Seng is Malaysia’s first professional violin luthier, or maker of string instruments like violins, cellos and ...

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William Hughes is a luthier that travels across Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas to repair stringed instruments. He has a stop ...

Hand the banjo man a stringed instrument, and he'll pick you a tune fine enough to make Bill Monroe, the so-called father of bluegrass, perk up his ears. Hand him a cigar box, a car tag and a ...

Process: At the company he founded, KR Strings, Reece repairs and cares for damaged or worn instruments, many of them rare or in families for generations. The work includes cleaning, sealing, patching ...

Vessel has instruments in shops in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Berkeley. Vessel’s pieces command $15,000 to $17,000, says Thomas, who sells his own for $8,000 to $10,000.

Stringed instruments make noise from the vibrations of tuned strings, using acoustic or electronic means to amplify those vibrations to the point where they’re loud enough to hear.