If you were to travel to the Andes mountains of South America, you might encounter a small string instrument called a charango. At first glance, it looks a bit like a mandolin or ukulele with ten ...

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It should come as no surprise that Simon McHugh loves selling and repairing stringed instruments. For one thing, he’s enamored of the objects he works with – violins, violas, cellos, basses and their ...

CHESAPEAKE, Ohio - A new stringed instrument repair shop call "Fix This!" has opened in Chesapeake. The new shop is owned and operated by Michael Allen, who has been a musician in this area for nearly ...

At the heart of many of the world’s musical instruments is the same, simple component—a string stretched tight between two points. Plucked, bowed, or struck, each of an instrument’s strings creates ...

KILGORE, Texas (KLTV) - William Hughes is a luthier that travels across Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas to repair stringed instruments. He has a stop in Kilgore, where he works with Kilgore Mercantile ...