HUANGQIAO, China -- Here in the world's biggest violin-making town, young Chinese artisans are moving away from the mass production model to focus on hand-crafted quality in a bid to add value to ...
China pulls world's strings in violin making / Competitors can't match cheap labor, evolving quality
2007-01-21 04:00:00 PDT Xiqiao , China-- For more than 10 years, Wu Hong Fang's days have been filled with the same gentle sound, the quick chafe of sandpaper on spruce and maple. Working briskly, she ...
Xiqiao, China — FOR more than 10 years, Wu Hong Fang’s days have been filled with the same gentle sound, the quick chafe of sandpaper on spruce and maple. Working briskly, methodically, her hands a ...
In the hands of the protagonist Song Yi, it is a special violin, a carbon fiber violin. The violin head, neck, and the box are all made of carbon fiber material. This is China first violin made of ...
NANJING/MOSCOW — It might be hard to imagine that every year 40 percent of the world's violins are produced in Huangqiao, a town in East China once famous for its sesame bread rather than music. A ...
NANJING/MOSCOW, June 11 (Xinhua) -- It might be hard to imagine that every year, 40 percent of the world's violins are produced in Huangqiao, a rural township in east China once famous for its sesame ...
Shanghai, Jun 8 (EFE).Shanghai, Jun 8 (EFE). — The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra has created an international violin competition named after the late Isaac Stern with the goal of expanding the market ...
PHOENIX (FOX 10) --The Violins of Hope concert series is about to come to an end in Phoenix, With its final set of performances coming up this weekend. It may be the last but not the least, with the ...
For more than 10 years, Wu Hong Fang’s days have been filled with the same gentle sound, the quick chafe of sandpaper on spruce and maple. Working briskly, methodically, her hands a dusty blur, she ...
The county now produces over 400,000 violins, violas, cellos and double basses annually, more than 30 percent of China's total output, mostly exported to Europe and North America. Just above the ...
The First China International Violin Making Competition, the first of its kind in Asia, will be held in Beijing from May 5 to 17. Organized by China Musical Instruments Association and China Central ...
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