© 2024 WNIJ and WNIU
Northern Public Radio
801 N 1st St.
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-753-9000
Northern Public Radio
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

At 91, guitar repair<i>woman</i> pioneer still at it

By Christopher Hosken

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wnij/local-wnij-853403.mp3

Rockford, IL – When Rockford resident Kay Koster began teaching how to play guitars, AND repair them, F-D-R was in the White House. This 91-year-old musical pioneer is STILL playing and fixing all makes and models of guitars and amps. WNIJ's Christopher Hosken has this profile.

Video link: Kay Koster in performance at the 2006 Aloha International Steel Guitar Convention, Winchester, Indiana. (Courtesy: The Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association)