Thompson is a “luthier,” a craftsperson who builds and repairs stringed instruments that are played with a bow or plucked.

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Chauntee and Monique Ross, better known as Sista Strings, have had quite a year. They performed alongside Joni Mitchell, ...

When Armand Diangienda founded the Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra - one of the most famous in Africa - in 1994, they had so ...

which allows the player to soften the sound without changing its timbre by reducing the distance between the hammers and the ...

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