Instrument Making – Page 2 – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Kyle Creed

"I don't believe in building nothing I'd be ashamed to own," Kyle Creed said in...

The Sturgill family has deep roots in Alleghany County that trace back more than two...

Joe Thrift is a violin maker and fiddler who has steeped himself in all aspects...

Since 2003, David McEntire and his father Mack have been making guitars, mandolins, and banjos...

"I've worked on them ever since I was a young man," Earl Moretz says of...

Tal Holbrook's home and workshop are in the Traphill community of Wilkes County, near where...

"I've always loved the banjo," Charles Gilbert says. He moved to Rutherford County following military...

Wayne Henderson was born in Grayson County, Virginia, where he lives today. He is a...

"I learned how to do it the hard way," Eugene Church says of making instruments....

Ernest Combs grew up in the Vilas community of Watauga County. With woodworking skills learned...

Riley Baugus, a North Carolina native who lives in Walkertown, began singing and playing music...

Instrument maker Noel Booth is becoming a well known figure in the world of contemporary...