Rod was the originator of the company and was the chief designer as well as full time instrument maker. His amazing artistic skills to design and build these wonderful instruments were without equal.

Rod got his Wings in July 2015. He is now flying with the best and making music with the Greatest.

Ginger is continuing the making of the instruments in Rod’s footsteps.

“I was raised in Boston and Cape Cod. I never thought of myself as particularly artsy. Years later in Denver Colorado I met Rod and he convinced me to delve into the arts and craft business. He was very convincing. I was sure I didn’t have an artsy bone in my body.

He taught me how to do acid etchings on glass and crystal. He was learning how to make and tune bamboo flutes. Together we created a small company and started doing craft fairs, we called ourselves Bamboo and Glass Works. Seven years later we reinvented the company to just be musical instruments. It was a leap of Faith. But this way we could branch out into other ethnic instruments.

Ours was a great partnership. Rod and I both worked on the decorating of the bamboo. He did the final tuning and I did the final work on the Saxophone he invented.

My joy though comes from the interaction with people and teaching I do at our booths at Renaissance Festivals. The joy in a person’s eyes when I’m able to teach them how to blow a flute or saxophone is amazing and very satisfying.”