The artifacts represent the earliest-known stringed instruments found in Southeast Asia. A reconstruction of the chordophone, crafted out of deer antler. Photo: Antiquity (2023). DOI: ...

Trish Ferraro is getting to be an old hand at this. At first, given a discarded musical instrument and told to make a work of art out of it, she found herself making fundamental errors in execution.

>> THIS JOURNEY ALL STARTED WHEN I WAS IN THE WOMB. >> NEIL NAYYAR’S PARENTS LISTENED TO MOZART EVERYDAY WHEN FOUND OUT THEY WERE EXPECTING HIM. BUT THEY NEVER COULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS. >> I SAID WOW ...

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 ...