Mario Miralles spent decades acquiring the spruce and maple for string instruments worthy of Yo-Yo Ma and Gustavo Dudamel.

The lights are on in the shop where Adam Day and his band of violin-makers ply their craft. But if the lights weren’t on? No worries. They’d still have a job. The whole technological infrastructure ...

Using a gouge, Nelle O'Neill shaves wood from a violin's plates in just the right amounts. With each curl of wood, the sound of the finished product will change. "The more wood removed, the lower the ...

The Cathedral has stood tall in the center of Cremona since the 12th century, but the heartbeat of this city is heard in the ...

The great luthiers of the Italian town of Cremona were the masters of musical "string theory" - no one has done better in the art of making violins. Dean Reynolds reports on their craft, and the ...

When David Chandler decided to retire, he knew one thing was essential: a woodworking shop. It would allow him to continue ...

CHICAGO -- Paul Becker of Carl Becker & Son in Chicago makes no bones about his father's legacy of violin making. "He was the best in the world. There was no doubt. There was no one who came close to ...

When Amnon Weinstein first heard the words "grandfather" and "grandmother" they felt foreign to him. Confusing. In the young boy's class of 35 students in Israel, only one child had grandparents.

Jackson Chase was about 6 when he first learned to play violin. Over the course of his childhood, the Yakima native owned two violins his mother gave him. He recalls superior violinists complimenting ...

Chimei Museum today announced that it would hold violin concerts themed around the Guarneri family, featuring 11 historic ...

'My Violin Needs Help! A Repair Diagnostics Guide for Players and Teachers' offers advice from beginners to experts on violin repairs. Korinthia Klein is a luthier and the owner and operator of ...