How did you get started in the repair business? Frank Ford: The short answer is that I started playing music, and the cheap instrument I bought turned out to be a repair project. You've been a great help to me with several repairs. Joe Mendel: Frank let me first say, "Thank you" for all the help you've been over the years. Frank has helped open the doors to repair work through his website, seminars, classes and his membership in The Guild of American Luthiers and A.S.I.A., as well as his willingness to help with specific repairs via e-mail and over the phone. In the old days builders and repairers kept their trade secrets, secret. His website is the widest ranging, most in depth repair site for guitars, mandolins, etc., on the web. Frank is not only able to do amazing repair work he has also invented a dizzying array of methods and tools for doing repairs. Frank has become one of the most well known and respected repair people in the business. Interview with Frank Ford by Joe Mendel Frank Ford and his partner Richard Johnson opened Gryphon Stringed Instruments in 1969.
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