The craftsmanship says “fine musical instrument.” The jovial atmosphere says “fiddle.” As luthiers Steve Thomas and Gary Vessel work in their downtown Modesto shop, Thomas & Vessel Stringed ...

Doug Cox works on a viola in his studio in West Brattleboro. Cox uses maple that grew nearby for all his instruments. Doug Cox has been making world-class stringed instruments for more than 50 years.

BATTLE GROUND — One day in December 2016, during a rail journey into same northern Italian countryside where the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari made his stringed masterpieces, Mark and Sharon ...

He was known as a “genius luthier” among niche mandolin communities across the nation and a notable bass player who helped enliven southwestern New Mexico’s music scene. Those who encountered William ...

Andrew Madsen has been a luthier, a maker of stringed instruments like guitars, mandolins and ukuleles, for more than 20 years in his Neenah home-based workshop. He sells instruments through dealers ...

“It’s a nexus of art and history and music and science, and it’s endlessly fascinating,” Indianapolis Violins co-owner Chris Ulbricht says while making a violin from scratch. For 500 years, the way ...