Frank Ford, the co-founder of Gryphon Stringed Instruments and a beloved member ... the spell of bluegrass music” and began to play the mandolin. Ford met Johnston during his time at Santa ...
Monteleone, an accomplished player of many stringed instruments, graduated in 1970 ... he said he heard an ad on the radio for the Mandolin Brothers in Staten Island, which bought, sold and ...
Tucson’s newest folk music shop hopes to become much more than a place to retune your banjo or replace the strings on your mandolin ... alongside the usual instrument sales and repairs.
The music that grew naturally out of the environment, played on homemade instruments and using the ... He elevated the mandolin to vital status in the ensemble and he pumped new life and energy ...