Almost anything can be a musical instrument. A horse’s jawbone? A couple of rocks, a stick, and some string? An armadillo shell? A box with a constantly buzzing antenna sticking out of it? Something ...

A cigar box is just a cigar box — except when it's a guitar. In the hands of Gipson Shoemaker III, the simple wooden box becomes a musical instrument worth hundreds of dollars and capable of producing ...

Over 100 years ago, farming communities in middle Tennessee produced a folk instrument unique to the area. Similar to a dulcimer, the instrument -- called a Tennessee music box -- had a crude ...

POTOMAC — It's easy to miss the road leading to Tony Taylor's workshop — even though it's close to the village of Potomac. Going south out of town, the road is just past the second part of the S curve ...