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Honoring luthier Jean Horner

By Lisa Coffman

Published August 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM EDT

Luthier Jean Horner taught himself to make fiddles in the 1950s. His instruments became know as the Stradivari's of the Appalachian Cumberlands. He died earlier this year at age 91.

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