Sound To Earth traces its origins to the Flatiron Company in Bozeman, Montana. Most of our employees started at Flatiron in the 1980's, before Flatiron became a part of Gibson. From May of 1987 to December of 1996, all of our luthiers and most of our support personnel worked for Gibson building Gibson and Flatiron mandolins. The "Montana Era", of Gibson/Flatiron, is remembered for the consistent, high quality of the instruments that were built here and for the great customer service from Bruce Weber and Paula Jean Lewis.

In 1996, Gibson decided to move Flatiron to Nashville. None of us were willing to move. We live in Montana because we like the scenic beauty of the mountains, the fresh air, and the people who live here. Bruce Weber, the general manager and head luthier of the Flatiron division, founded Sound To Earth so that we could continue to build the instruments that we love in the midst of the country that we love.

Sound To Earth is built on the reputations and experience of our accomplished luthiers, acoustic design engineer and our sales and marketing manager. These individuals are experienced in their specialties, coming from diverse backgrounds with expertise in a wide range of skills.  Our luthiers have chosen to build instruments because they love the artistic and esthetic expression provided in luthery.

We make the finest high quality, handcrafted, instruments available. Our "Weber" instruments are built in America with solid tone woods. No wood laminates are used. We hand build our instruments the "right way", with love and attention to detail, ensuring every instrument's integrity and acoustic personality. Bruce Weber personally graduates the tops and backs of each instrument to maximize tone and volume. He is also the final quality check on each instrument, personally playing and signing each instrument before it leaves our shop.

Our extraordinary customer service is always "user friendly". With years of experience in the acoustic music industry, Paula Jean brings a sense of genuine warmth and small town compassion to our customers and dealers.