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Instrument Makers

Documentary series meeting the people who make musical instruments.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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Series 1
More Power to Your Elbow
Mike McGoldrick and Jim Horan talk uilleann pipes with Manchester maker David Lim.
22 May 2018,30 mins
Series 1
New Strings Attached
Gwenan Gibbard and Robin Huw Bowen visit the Teifi Harps Factory in Llandysul.
15 May 2018,28 mins
Series 1
Thinking Inside the Box
Andy Cutting and Katie Howson go to France to meet accordion maker Emmanuel Pariselle.
08 May 2018,30 mins
Series 1
A Guitar Is Born
Guitar maker Roger Bucknall invites Martin Simpson and Richard Hawley to his workshop.
01 May 2018,28 mins
Three Instrument Makers
In their workshops Verity Sharp meets people dedicated to making fine musical instruments
10 Feb 2016,28 mins