OK, let’s figure this one out. Here we are in the age of cutthroat Internet retail sales — low prices, no service — and here, still, is little Gryphon Stringed Instruments, as fine an example as you ...

Frank Ford wearing his “trademark” Hawaiian shirt, hard at work repairing a guitar. Photo courtesy Michael Simmons. Frank Ford, the co-founder of Gryphon Stringed Instruments and a beloved member of ...

When Frank Ford and Richard Johnston first met as college students back in the 1960s, introduced by a mutual friend, it was evident they were kindred spirits. “I was startled to find somebody who knew ...

PALO ALTO — About a year ago, the exodus from Gryphon Stringed Instruments grew pronounced. Unable to rent affordable apartments, longtime employees quit or announced plans to leave the Bay Area. The ...

Richard Johnston co-founded Gryphon Stringed Instruments with Frank Ford in 1969. He later shifted from repairing vintage guitars to writing about them, and has contributed to dozens of magazines and ...

PALO ALTO -- With Grammy Awards set for Sunday, CBS News Bay Area introduces you to the man who taught nominee Molly Tuttle how to play bluegrass music - her father, Jack Tuttle. He took CBS News Bay ...

PALO ALTO — About a year ago, the exodus from Gryphon Stringed Instruments grew pronounced. Unable to rent affordable apartments, longtime employees quit or announced plans to leave the Bay Area. The ...