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griffin string instrument
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Griffin String Instrument:
Griffin offers four basic body style models, each available with either of two standard wood options.
Born in 1952, Kim Griffin was surrounded by the beautiful instruments of classical violinist Virginia Farmer (neighbor/extended family member). He remembers the baby grand piano and priceless violins being played for hours; attending symphony and recitals as a very young lad. "This was my early connection with music," Kim explains.
Then, at about the age of 9, his parents bought Kim his first guitar (a Harmony flat top). "I made lots of noise with it, till one day I saved up enough money for a new Guild. Dad paid for lessons. My sister and I played in the local folk circuit, she with her D-18 and I would sometimes use dad's D-35." After that, barroom blues/rock, then into bluegrass with Marc Chevalier and a short stint with Frank Wakefield.
In 1975 he decided to do something constructive with information gained from the variety of musical styles he'd been exposed to. So he began repairing fiddles and guitars. In 1977 he attended The School of Guitar Research and Design in Vermont, taught by Charles Fox and George Morris. Continuing on from there he built individual commissioned instruments (some experimental), hammered dulcimers, banjos, mandolins as well as repairs ...
Griffin offers four basic body style models, each available with either of two standard wood options.
Born in 1952, Kim Griffin was surrounded by the beautiful instruments of classical violinist Virginia Farmer (neighbor/extended family member). He remembers the baby grand piano and priceless violins being played for hours; attending symphony and recitals as a very young lad. "This was my early connection with music," Kim explains.
Then, at about the age of 9, his parents bought Kim his first guitar (a Harmony flat top). "I made lots of noise with it, till one day I saved up enough money for a new Guild. Dad paid for lessons. My sister and I played in the local folk circuit, she with her D-18 and I would sometimes use dad's D-35." After that, barroom blues/rock, then into bluegrass with Marc Chevalier and a short stint with Frank Wakefield.
In 1975 he decided to do something constructive with information gained from the variety of musical styles he'd been exposed to. So he began repairing fiddles and guitars. In 1977 he attended The School of Guitar Research and Design in Vermont, taught by Charles Fox and George Morris. Continuing on from there he built individual commissioned instruments (some experimental), hammered dulcimers, banjos, mandolins as well as repairs ...
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