Starting on Jan. 31, Hingham Public Schools students in grades 3 and 4 can take after-school group lessons in stringed instruments. The 45-minute classes will be run by the Kids In Action after ...

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.