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Podcast: Art Works Podcast
Episode: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Luthier Manuel Delgado
Description: We close out Hispanic Heritage Month with Manuel Delgado—a luthier who carries on a multi-generational family legacy of hand-crafting string instruments—a history that goes back to 1928. In this podcast,  Delgado talks about his family’s tradition of instrument-making and working closely as a boy with his father and grandfather in their shop in East LA. He discusses the craftsmanship that goes into the making the instruments in the Delgado Style with an emphasis on "old-world luthier" techniques, a marriage of art and science. Delgado also talks about his move to Nashville after his father’s passing and opening hi...