The instrument was made in 1956 by the self-taught violin-maker William Robinson and has the words ‘Made in Havana – Cuba’ on the back. The famous virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin played the instrument in a ...

It was made in 1956 by self-taught violin maker William Robinson, who had experience converting empty boxes into “rustic” violins in his childhood. He acquired Sir Winston’s cigar box from the former ...

Gerry O’Brien, who is in his 32nd year running the Churchill Arms in Kensington Church Street, bought the coveted 1956 instrument at a Sotheby’s auction. He told the Standard: “[The violin’s maker] ...

If, as Rudyard Kipling famously wrote, “A woman is only a woman, but a good Cigar is a Smoke,” then what does that make the box the cigar came in? In the hands of craftsman and entrepreneur Steven ...

WATCH: Here’s Gil Tucker with some creative Calgarians, who are boldly going where no ‘bow’ has gone before. CALGARY- There are some sweet sounds in town this week from an instrument believed to the ...

LITTLE ROCK — Every day the Ozark Folk Center is open, there's a living history demonstration in front of the old schoolhouse. Don't miss it, particularly if the show features Gus Pike. Gus Pike is an ...

HUNTSVILLE, AL. - About five years ago, Bill Jehle decided to build the perfect electric guitar. Dissatisfied with all of his equipment, Jehle began to take note of certain features in his dozen or so ...

Pary Flynn's cigar box guitar made from an old sycamore tree that was on the Faucek/McKee Farm in Edwardsville. The farm is currently being developed into commercial businesses across from the ...