An exceptionally rare Guarneri violin—so fabled that it has its own name, the Baltic—sold for $9.44 million (premium included) at auction on March 16, just shy of its $10 million estimate. The final ...

A rare violin is expected to fetch $10 million or more when it goes up for auction in mid-March, as demand from collectors intensifies, and tight supply keeps prices for certain instruments ...

A violin which was made almost three centuries ago has been sold at auction in New York for $9.44 million (£7.71 million). Made in 1731 by acclaimed Italian luthier, Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del ...

After Ma referred Jenson to the violin maker, Zygmuntowicz fashioned an instrument for her based on a Guarneri model. The result thrilled Jenson -- with reservations. She played the violin for years ...

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.

For centuries, violin makers have tried and failed to reproduce the pristine sound of Stradivarius and Guarneri violins, but after 33 years of work put into the project, one professor is confident the ...

The stirring sounds of two legendary types of violin have haunted musicians and baffled craftsmen for centuries.? Now, a researcher claims he is one note closer to recreating the secret recipe that ...

For many years, some musical experts have wondered if the sound of the Stradivari and Guarneri violins might incorporate such elements of speech as vowels and consonants. A Texas A&M University ...