Finding the Singing Spruce: Musical Instrument Makers and Appalachia's Mountain Forests

by Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth

Environment, craft, and meaning in the work of Appalachian instrument makers.

How can the craft of musical instrument making help reconnect people to place and reenchant work in Appalachia? How does the sonic search for musical tone change relationships with trees and forests? Following three craftspeople in the mountain forests of Appalachia through their processes of making instruments, Finding the Singing Spruce considers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1959000004
• ISBN13: 9781959000006
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: West Virginia University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"