When Clayton Raulerson picks up his favorite fiddle, places it on his shoulder and ever so gently begins to play, a smile quickly comes to his lips and contentment fills his face. As the 82-year-old ...

Bud Larsen built his first Hardanger fiddle when he was in the seventh grade. Now 80 years old, he’s built more than 40 of the instruments and repaired well over 100. He learned the craft from Gunnar ...

This story takes you to Westel, Tennessee, home to the fiddle maker Jean Horner. For more than seventy years, Horner built instruments that traveled across the country—Carnegie Hall to California, the ...

Boys and girls in Westphalia were reported today busy with a new project: Building fiddles for orphans in Israel. Ten instruments have already been completed by Munster young people and will be sent ...

Turning your hobby into a business might seem like a pipe dream, but Seguin's Bryan Duckworth has done just that. "My father played tenor banjo, tenor guitar, a little bit of keyboard, and I got to be ...