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For Hull, it was an honor to spend the past two years working on the project with Luthier David Harvey. It was Harvey who signed the Gibson mandolin she has played since 2009.

One of the best young mandolin players around picked up the instrument by chance. Slick-picking, sweet-singing Sierra Hull wanted to be a violin player. Some family members even went in together to ...