Assorted Links
Cutting Boards by James Jones
Quilts by Karen Nuzzo


Karen, my wife, is an off again on again artist who is currently teaching elementary art. She has made some beautiful art quilts Visit her at karennuzzo.com

Building a Bouzouki
If you'd like to view a slide show of how I make my Irish Bouzoukis, click here.
Reel World String Band
My sister Karen is an excellent fiddler and has been part of the Reel World String Band for over 20 years. They just produced another in a series of excellent CDs. There are soundsamples on their web site.
Christopher Jones Music
Both my brothers Jeff and Christopher are great musicians and songwriters having played with groups and soloing for many of their earlier years. Christopher having successfully pursued a career in languages is now back at it as a musican. Visit his website and if you are in Pittsburgh find out where you can hear him perform.
Garret
Garret my youngest son used to be an origami fanatic. To see some of his constructions you might want to visit his origami site. He also has a site on How to Build a Bog Site (for carnivorous plants). a site dedicated to his collection of diecast cars and his new site dedicated to his photography

One talented guy! This is what happens when you homeschool.


Musical Instrument Rubber Stamps
As an aside, I've developed some nice rubber stamps of assorted musical instruments using drawings done by local artists.
Zithers

I get a lot of inquires about historical concert zithers. I hope these links will help you out.

http://www.fretlesszithers.com

http://www.kahnhome.org/zithers/index.html

http://home.earthlink.net/~minermusic/fretless_zithers.htm

http://www.minermusic.com/dolceola/fretless_zithers.htm

Or you could write to Janet Stessl (editor of the Zither Newsletter)

Janet Stessl, 6173 N. McClellan Ave., Chicago, IL 60646
773-631-2854, telephone
773-631-2379, fax

e-mail janstessl@aol.com

Mountain Dulcimer Discussion Group
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Bowed Psaltery Discussion Group
Apparently there is a discussion group formed recently to share resources and techniques on the Bowed Psaltery. Check it out at http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/bowedpsaltery/
Central Virginia Woodworkers Guild
For those of you in central Virginia, you might be interested in being involved. We have a range of informative meetings and a fairly active membership.