Cui Fachen works on a violin at his home in Xingtai, North China's Hebei province on July 1, 2020. The 61-year-old farmer has been making violins for 36 years. [Photo/Xinhua] ZHENGZHOU -- Zhang ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Over at the University of New Mexico (UNM), a select number of students each semester have the opportunity to learn how to handcraft a violin using tools and methods. The ...

SELANGOR, Malaysia (AP) — Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate strokes. The work is meditative, out of the ...

Have you ever wondered what makes an old Italian violin sound so special? For centuries, musicians and scientists have puzzled over the unique qualities of instruments made by masters like Antonio ...

The violin by the famed Italian luthier was plundered at the end of World War II and presumed lost or destroyed. Now experts say they believe it has resurfaced. By Javier C. Hernández As Germany ...

‘The degree programme at the Newark School of Violin Making will not be running this year, apparently because there were not enough applicants.’Photograph: Scott Dumas/Alamy Your article on the sad ...

The Karwendelbahn cable car in Mittenwald, Bavaria, Germany, takes you from 933 meters to an altitude of 2,244 meters in just a few minutes. At the summit, visitors enjoy breathtaking views of the ...

The little-known story of Israeli Amnon Weinstein, a musical craftsman who gathered and restored violins that survived the Holocaust, is coming to the West Coast. “The Violin Maker” will have its ...

The “Ole Bull” Stradivarius, made in 1687, photographed with flowers and props reminiscent of a Dutch still life from the period. Claire Rosen More than 4,500 years after an enterprising Mesopotamian ...

Take a mesmerizing evening walk in Mittenwald, a charming Bavarian village nestled in the breathtaking Alpenwelt Karwendel, Germany. Located approximately 1.5 hours south of Munich, Mittenwald is ...

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 ...