Gryphon Stringed Instruments: A throwbackFrank Ford searches for guitar parts in the storage attic at Gryphon Guitars, in Palo Alto on Nov. 4, 2009. Ford and co-founder Richard Johnston opened the ...

Proceeds will benefit a charity to buy instruments for underprivileged children in the holiday season and beyond, but Dines has now started a sweepstake to raise even more money for the cause with ...

The men showed an audience of about 20 people, both young and old, the craft of being a luthier — building and repairing stringed instruments. They had long tables displaying guitars and violins ...