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 ...

Lyle Reedy is crafting his 55th fiddle. Each one turns out a little different. And each one is hard to let go. After investing 200 hours of intricate, detailed work on an instrument, Reedy can’t help ...

In a small town in the Cumberland Plateau, Jean Horner made world-class fiddles inspired by his fascination with the Italian greats. Horner in his workshop. (Photo by Lynn Dudenbostel) This story ...

Jack was playing a fiddle along with music on a cassette tape when we had arrived that afternoon. He loved the fiddle from the time he was a child, but didn’t really learn to play until he taught ...

SYMPATHETIC STRINGS highlights the fiddle makers, musicians, dancers and apprentices who have formed an ardent, close-knit community of folk tradition practice around Norway’s beloved national ...

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 ...