The fragrance of varnish and curing wood drifts by as you enter Side Door Strings, transporting you to an era when objects and the tools that built them were all made by hand. A violin in the raw sits ...

When Armand Diangienda founded the Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra -- one of the most famous in Africa -- in 1994, they had so ...

“I feel like I’m an auto mechanic, except for instruments. Re-hairing a bow would be the equivalent of an oil change. It’s a routine thing that every string player needs every six months to ...

LONDON -- Musicians, collectors and fans have a chance to own a guitar god’s tools of the trade — instruments owned by the ...

With a solid spruce top, mahogany on the back and sides, Fishman electronic and "Flower & Vine" inlay, this thinline has ...

This remains true for everything in life, not just music. Without dedication and consistency in an area of desired growth, ...

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I t’s been six years since Andy Powers introduced V-Class bracing on Taylor 12-strings, and 50 years since founders Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug introduced the world to a revoluti ...

The City of Buellton has awarded a grant to Santa Barbara Strings to provide a 16 week introductory strings course ...

Lisa Lantz, Professor of Music/Strings, Performing Arts Division, will direct the Strings Orchestra from ... The evening of ...