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  Psalteries, Zithers and Dulcimers – Made By Hand in Virginia

  Posted on November 11, 2010 by Shellie Leete in appalachian dulcimer, Bedford VA, Claiborne House Bed Breakfast, james jones instruments, luthier, music instruments hand made, virginia dulcimer

  James Jones has been building fine custom musical instruments since 1978 in rural Bedford, Virginia.  Working alone in a wood shop he designed and built, and has developed designs for ten different acoustic instruments.    James says “No assembly lines, just a lot of individual attention from start to finish. I can work with you to individualize [...]

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  The Finest Fiddles Handcrafted in these Blue Ridge Mountains

  Posted on March 21, 2010 by Shellie Leete in Blue Ridge Mountains, Claiborne House bed and breakfast, luthier, pickin' porch floyd va, The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music Trail

  Masterpiece crafter Floyd County resident Arthur Conner has spent 45 years skillfully producing fiddles for some of the finest musicians around. Excerpt below: COPPER HILL — Arthur Conner took a fiddle down from a pine-paneled wall and cradled it in both hands like a baby. “Ricky Skaggs played this a right smart of a while,” [...]

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