Sun City author shares stories of family lore

Sun City author shares stories of family lore

Sun City resident Bob Hartman’s has family lore that his grandfather made a guitar for Gene Audrey.  Hartman said, “My story begins when I got my first guitar when I was 12. I knew my grandfather made it, but that was about it.” In 1978, Hartman’s sister gave him her harp mandolin, and his uncle gave him an 8-string ukelele, both made by Hartman’s grandfather, Carl Larson. Hartman said, “All of them were like new. They probably hadn’t been playe…