Eyre guitar

One cigar box and lunch box at a time, music teacher Nathan Eyre converts antiques into art

POLSON — Cobbled together with ordinary household trinkets and recycled parts harvested from old instruments, Nathan Eyre’s cigar box guitars are something of a musical Frankenstein. With tuning knobs  protruding from the neck in place of bolts, the resemblance to the monster is made even more striking when he uses a charge of electricity to breathe life into the odd assortment of old parts.