Bluegrass music has always been a part of Jerry Rosa Sr.’s life. His uncle was known as the father of bluegrass music in Missouri and played mandolin professionally during the 1950s and ‘60s.

An exceedingly bare mandolin in quite early stages of manufacture rests on a table within inches of Dearstone. It’s for a woman in Chicago, he said. “It’ll be done in about a month or so,” he said.

WITH many Lanarkshire people “stringing” their way into the music world, there is an ever-increasing demand from adults for lessons in classical guitar and mandolin. Lanarkshire Guitar and Mandolin ...