He wasn't quite born with a banjo on his knee, but Darren Maloney's dexterity with the four-stringed instrument has brought him… He wasn't quite born with a banjo on his knee, but Darren Maloney ...

And world-famous Gryphon is a magnet for folks interested in all sorts of acoustic, fretted stringed instruments. A woman walks in at 2 p.m. on a Monday: middle-aged, carrying her Gibson J-45 ...

Frank Ford, the co-founder of Gryphon Stringed Instruments and a beloved member of the Palo Alto musicians’ community, died after a brief illness on Sunday, Dec 17. He was 79.