-- The man who made Kalamazoo famous for its stringed instruments remains an enigma. But it's certain that Orville H. Gibson wasn't just an eccentric perfectionist carving mandolins in his shop.
Mike Black, a Lawrence custom builder of mandolins, poses in his shop with an A-style mandolin similar to ones made by the famous Gibson mandolin builder Lloyd Loar. The staged photo is similar to one ...
For Hull, it was an honor to spend the past two years working on the project with Luthier David Harvey. It was Harvey who signed the Gibson mandolin she has played since 2009.