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The city of Red Wing, Minn., which hosts the Big Turn Music Fest each February, is also home to a nationally esteemed musical instrument repair and building program. Students from around the country — and the world — follow their passion at Minnesota State College Southeast.

A man uses woodworking tools in a college classroom 

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A person uses a chisel to shape a piece of wood into a violin

A student repairs the keys on a saxophone

Two hands work on repairing a saxophone at a workbench filled with tools

A man uses sandpaper on a woodworking project

Students work on brass instruments in a college classroom

A man in an apron stands in his workshop at his business

A man looks intently at his woodworking project while he saws a fine cut

A man works on building the body frame of an acoustic guitar

Guitars and mandolins in various stages of construction

Students are carving out careers in music in Red Wing

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