As it appeared in the \u2018Big Sky Journal<\/a>\u2018<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/smiling-peter.jpg\")
\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\u201cPeter Barberio could have been a garden gnome in a previous life. Or maybe a hobbit.<\/h3>
I don\u2019t know if saying such things in print will upset him, but there is a wonderful, impish quality (and I mean this in the most flattering way) to Peter Barberio, one of Montana\u2019s finest luthiers. He has the laid-back coolness of a blues musician as well, which he is, but it\u2019s the hint of playful mischievousness and cheerfulness in his voice and eyes that you notice first.<\/p>
It is well past midnight on Missoula\u2019s Northside, and a crack of light escapes beneath a garage door. Inside, Peter (as I must call him \u2014 Barberio just sounds too journalistically formal) has lost all track of time. He is lost inside the fretwork of a snakewood violin, or maybe it\u2019s a Gibson Style O guitar or one of his handcrafted autoharps. [visit SID\u2019s shop<\/a>]<\/p>Does it matter?<\/h3>
All around him are the tools of his trade: sanders and saws and chisels and awls; jigs for this and jigs for that, nearly all of them homemade. The component parts of a bass are spread out on a table like an exploded diagram of a motor. The idea that they can go back together is almost inconceivable. Make no mistake about it, I\u2019ve made my share of sawdust, but standing here\u00a0essay moment<\/a>, linseed oil and lacquer incensing the air, I can\u2019t tell if I\u2019ve stumbled into my grandfather\u2019s basement or a musician\u2019s dream\/possible nightmare.\u201d<\/p>Read the\u00a0full article in Big Sky Journal<\/a>\u00a0Online Magazine<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFacebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTwitter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGoogle-plus<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPinterest<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLinkedin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As it appeared in the \u2018Big Sky Journal\u2018 \u201cPeter Barberio could have been a garden gnome in a previous life. Or maybe a hobbit. I don\u2019t know if saying such things in print will upset him, but there is a wonderful, impish quality (and I mean this in the most flattering way) to Peter Barberio,… Read More »Peter Barberio: \u201cThe Peoples’ Luthier\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":""},"categories":[21,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=958"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1836,"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions\/1836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cPeter Barberio could have been a garden gnome in a previous life. Or maybe a hobbit.<\/h3>
I don\u2019t know if saying such things in print will upset him, but there is a wonderful, impish quality (and I mean this in the most flattering way) to Peter Barberio, one of Montana\u2019s finest luthiers. He has the laid-back coolness of a blues musician as well, which he is, but it\u2019s the hint of playful mischievousness and cheerfulness in his voice and eyes that you notice first.<\/p>
It is well past midnight on Missoula\u2019s Northside, and a crack of light escapes beneath a garage door. Inside, Peter (as I must call him \u2014 Barberio just sounds too journalistically formal) has lost all track of time. He is lost inside the fretwork of a snakewood violin, or maybe it\u2019s a Gibson Style O guitar or one of his handcrafted autoharps. [visit SID\u2019s shop<\/a>]<\/p> All around him are the tools of his trade: sanders and saws and chisels and awls; jigs for this and jigs for that, nearly all of them homemade. The component parts of a bass are spread out on a table like an exploded diagram of a motor. The idea that they can go back together is almost inconceivable. Make no mistake about it, I\u2019ve made my share of sawdust, but standing here\u00a0essay moment<\/a>, linseed oil and lacquer incensing the air, I can\u2019t tell if I\u2019ve stumbled into my grandfather\u2019s basement or a musician\u2019s dream\/possible nightmare.\u201d<\/p> As it appeared in the \u2018Big Sky Journal\u2018 \u201cPeter Barberio could have been a garden gnome in a previous life. Or maybe a hobbit. I don\u2019t know if saying such things in print will upset him, but there is a wonderful, impish quality (and I mean this in the most flattering way) to Peter Barberio,… Read More »Peter Barberio: \u201cThe Peoples’ Luthier\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":""},"categories":[21,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=958"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1836,"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions\/1836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stringedinstrumentdivision.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Does it matter?<\/h3>
Read the\u00a0full article in Big Sky Journal<\/a>\u00a0Online Magazine<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t