{"id":13915,"date":"2019-10-01T12:53:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T12:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=13915"},"modified":"2019-10-01T12:55:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T12:55:33","slug":"phoenix-sky-harbor-airport-museum-strikes-a-chord-with-local-guitar-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/arizona\/phoenix-sky-harbor-airport-museum-strikes-a-chord-with-local-guitar-makers\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Museum Strikes a Chord with Local Guitar Makers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What does a pilot, a lumber company and the jungles of\nNicaragua have to do with a world-renowned guitar making school in Arizona?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exploded view of an acoustic guitar, objects courtesy of the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The answer is the creation of the Roberto-Venn School of\nLuthiery. More than 60 years ago, a pilot named John Roberts was scouring\ntropical forests for mahogany to begin a hardwood import company. When he\nbrought his venture to Phoenix, local guitar-makers were captivated by the wood\nand envisioned its potential for creating instruments. The idea took root with\nJohn Roberts, and in collaboration with Robert Venn (an electric guitar maker)\nand William Eaton (a business major) they officially founded The Roberto-Venn\nSchool of Luthiery in the heart of Phoenix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Phoenix Airport Museum\u2019s exhibition, Shaping Sound: The\nArt of Guitar Making, illuminates how students at the school turn raw materials\ninto unique instruments. For the last 40 years, the school has taught students\nfrom around the world the skills they need to become professional\nguitar-makers, or Luthiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passengers traveling though Sky Harbor can view nine\nhand-crafted guitars including both acoustic and electric style. Exhibition\nhighlights include Scott Walker\u2019s hand-painted \u201cpatina\u201d guitar, where the wood\nbody of the guitar resembles oxidized metal, an unusual 26-string harp-guitar\nby William Eaton, and Joe Vallee\u2019s electric mandolin, whose instruments are\ncollected by prominent musicians like Steve Miller. Visitors can also see\ndisplays of the guitar-making process. Parts of a guitar are presented in an\nexploded view showing how a guitar is constructed, as well as the various\nstages of shaping the wood components of a guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Santa Cruz Patina guitar by Scott Walker. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Tune in\u2019 to the museum exhibition in two display cases at\nTerminal 4, level 2 near ticketing through May 2020. For more information,\nvisit: https:\/\/www.skyharbor.com\/Museum\/Exhibitions\/Terminal4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Phoenix Airport Museum is one of the largest airport\nmuseum programs in the country. There are more than 900 pieces in the Airport\nMuseum\u2019s collection, and in 2018, the Phoenix Airport Museum celebrated its\n30th anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What does a pilot, a lumber company and the jungles of Nicaragua have to do with a world-renowned guitar making school in Arizona? The answer is the creation of the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery. More than 60 years ago, a pilot named John Roberts was scouring tropical forests for mahogany to begin a hardwood import […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arizona"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guitar-display.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13915"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13922,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13915\/revisions\/13922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}