A mandolin made 111 years ago in Topeka by Albert Shutt, a highly regarded inventor and creator of stringed instruments, is now back in the capital city, where music store owner Jimmy Hayes is having ...

Don’t fret. Benjamin Williams can repair that coveted string instrument for you. The gifted luthier, after years working out of his home, has settled in nicely to the Old Town neighborhood of Mankato.

The mandolin isn’t just an accent in J Carmichael’s music — it’s the driving force behind his unique Americana-rock blend. Influenced by improvisational bluegrass and jazz, Carmichael was drawn to the ...

OK, let’s figure this one out. Here we are in the age of cutthroat Internet retail sales — low prices, no service — and here, still, is little Gryphon Stringed Instruments, as fine an example as you ...

With his unparalleled virtuosity and contagious charisma, Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital has played the biggest concert halls around the world, from Wigmore Hall in London to Carnegie Hall in New York ...

NORTH MANKATO — On first glance, the guitars, banjos and other stringed instruments at Ouren Instruments in North Mankato feel like any collection you would see at a typical music store. The ...

• View this story alongside more photos, a slideshow and a video. When Frank Ford and Richard Johnston first met as college students back in the 1960s, introduced by a mutual friend, it was evident ...