To honor the centennial, Chinery commissioned 21 master luthiers to craft 22 blue archtop guitars. All are on display at the National Museum of American History through October 1. Hokey?

The only rules: The guitar had to be an 18-inch archtop (hollow acoustic or semi-acoustic guitars that are favored by many jazz guitarists); and it had to be the exact shade of blue as D’Aquisto ...

“My collection is about my passion for improbable things,” he said. The collection: Acoustic 12-string guitars. Number of pieces in the collection: “Roughly 300.” Recent ...