Instruments – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Rickenbacker Violins

Kate Rickenbacker comes from a family of musicians and carpenters. She started playing the violin...

Woodrow Instrument Company, located in the Grove Arcade in downtown Asheville, specializes in building, selling,...

Richie Crowder had two things going for him when he decided to try his hand...

Different Drummer Pottery in Maggie Valley has been producing pottery for more than 40 years....

Richard Beard is never away from music for very long. When he’s not building instruments...

When Ben Seymour’s wife, Becky Cleland, decided she wanted a plucked psaltry, the two of...

All guitars bear a maker’s mark. The mark on Chris Capozzoli’s guitars is unfamiliar at...

Bob Kogut’s journey building violins started out of frustration. After going through countless fiddles looking...