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] ...

He works with the precision and concentration of a surgeon because, well, he is one. But in the basement workshop of Kirk Withrow’s Birmingham home, the stakes are much lower. The ear, nose and throat ...

You never know when inspiration will hit you. For Steve Armstrong, his moment arrived one evening last year while watching television. On the screen, a blues musician known as Seasick Steve set down ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK — In a small and unassuming house in North Little Rock, a quiet and unassuming computer repairman looks at a stack of used wooden cigar boxes, rectangular and colorful. What he sees is ...