Watching Yasuoki Tanaka work is like stepping back in time. Surrounded by hand tools and little vials of resin-colored liquids in the workshop at his Columbia home, he combs out strands of thick, ...
It’s a workshop on violins, but the venue resembles a mechanic’s workshop. In a small room at maestro Lalgudi Jayaraman’s house in T. Nagar, California-based violin-maker James Wimmer is demonstrating ...
WARREN, Pa. — Katie Ferrie is a luthier — one who makes or repairs stringed instruments. And she sells herself best by calling herself “a repairman who plays.” Ferrie, originally from Erie, Pa., has ...