At 24, Ray Ushikubo gets the rare honor of playing the Playfair violin made by one of the greatest violin makers of all time, Guarneri 'del Gesù,' in 1741.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Ray Ushikubo started playing a $20 violin when he was 6. Now, at 24, he’s playing a rare one worth more than eight ...

NEW YORK – When a Guarneri del Gesu violin known as the “Baltic” hits the auction block at Tarisio on March 15 to 16, bidders won’t be vying over its sound alone. “The Baltic is not just an instrument ...

When a Guarneri “del Gesù” violin known as the “Baltic” hits the auction block at Tarisio on March 15-16, bidders won’t be vying over its sound alone. “The Baltic is not just an instrument,” says ...

Finding a Guarneri violin is needle in a haystack stuff. Only about 150 are known to exist and rarely become available to collectors. As luck would have it, however, one such stringed instrument will ...

Jascha Heifetz's magnificent Guarneri del Gesu violin has been coddled, displayed and admired as a work of art, but has too rarely done what it does best -- make music. That's about to change. Under ...

The old adage tells us not to judge a book by its cover, and now it seems as though we shouldn’t judge a violin by its price. Violins crafted in the so-called “golden age” by expert makers Antonio ...

For years, Colin Maki and his associates — purveyors of some of the finest and rarest violins ever made — had been circling the Playfair, an ultra-rare model crafted by the famed luthier Guarneri "del ...