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"We were all very serious – guitar battles and everything…" The Band's Robbie Robertson and Rick Danko look back
Guitar Player cover story went onsale just as the band themselves came to an end. Founding members Robbie Robertson and ...
'Embraced by Austin': Miró Quartet, among the finest such ensembles in the nation, turns 30
The internationally acclaimed Miró Quartet was founded in 1995. In 2003, it was selected as the resident string quartet for ...
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Artist Jennie C. Jones’s Ensemble plays music on the roof of The Met
Ensemble consists of three sculptures, each contemporary interpretations of string instruments featured in The Met’s collection. (Hyla Skopitz/The Metropolitan Museum of Art) The sculpture modeled ...
At the Met Roof Reopening, These Sculptures Must Be Heard
Along the Manhattan skyline, Jennie C. Jones turns Minimalist sculptures into sonic ‘wind’ instruments. It’s the last Roof ...
Meet the Junior Series, the new small-bodied, travel-friendly full-scale acoustic range from Martin
Need a travel guitar but don't feel short-scale acoustics feel like toys? Apply within. There's also a bass option too ...
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Larry Mizell, retiring, has repaired and polished musical instruments from around the U.S.
In addition to repairing brass and woodwind instruments, Mizell said he's done some work on string instruments over the years. He never advertised the string work because the other work kept him ...
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Charlatan borrowed priceless violins. But he was just stringing owners along.
“To better understand the affects of Mr. Meng's crime, it is important to understand the nature of the antique stringed instrument business. It is a rather close-knit industry with many family-r ...