North Country At Work

Keith Miller plays guitar for a Sunday morning worship service at Northern Frontier, a Christian Service Brigade summer camp. Circa 1980s. North River, NY.

The Hammond High School Senior Band. 1951. Hammond, NY.

Wayne Lincoln examining a player piano in the Lisbon Historical Society’s museum. Wayne has been repairing player pianos for over forty years in the Saint Lawrence County area and beyond. Photo taken by Amy Feiereisel in 2017. For the full story on Wayne Lincoln and his mission to save old instruments, check out the full […]

Dave Nichols holding an abalone shell, which he uses to do custom inlay on guitars. Photo by Andy Flynn. 2017. Malone, NY. Check out our story on Dave and his work here.

Dustin Saam of Dustin Saam Violins crafting a violin in his shop at The Shirt Factory, a repurposed shirt factory in Glens Falls. Photo courtesy of The Shirt Factory. Glens Falls, NY. Check out our story on the Shirt Factory here.

SUNY Potsdam faculty members Rebekah Covell, John Upchurch, and John Schorge test valve oil for the Crane School of Music brass players to play in the cold in Lake Placid Winter Olympics in 1980.  A local Potsdam supermarket allowed them to use one of their meat freezers for their experiment. 1979-1980. Potsdam, NY.

Workers install the new Wicks organ for Hosmer Hall on the SUNY Potsdam campus. Circa 1970. Potsdam, NY.

Helen Hosmer, Chair of the Music Department (which later became the Crane School of Music) conducts students in the Crane Chorus in this photograph. Hosmer Hall on the SUNY Potsdam campus is named after her. 1950s. Potsdam, NY.

Men in suits, with several holding musical instruments, pose at the building construction site on the grounds of the original Potsdam Normal School. Circa 1917. Potsdam, NY.

Luthier Dave Nichols standing in his shop, Custom Pearl Inlay. 2017. Malone, NY. Photo taken by Andy Flynn. For more about Nichols’ love of building guitars and doing custom inlay projects, check out the full North Country at Work story here.