Acting on an Ottawa musician’s dream, Guelph woodworker creates instrument that makes people ‘tear up’ [Video]

For musician Jesse Stewart, the Fron2 is a dream come true.

Stewart, who heads the music program at Carleton University in Ottawa, began dreaming of creating a completely new and unique instrument 30 years ago.

All he needed was someone who could actualize his vision: an experienced woodworker who shared his love of music.

Then, one day, a chance meeting between Stewart and clock maker, woodworker and artist Fron Reilly, who’s from Guelph, Ont., led to a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration to create a wooden instrument the world has never seen before: the Fron, named after Reilly.

After some improvement in the design, …