Building a violin by hand is no easy task, but constructing one out of carbon fiber is an amazing feat! Carpenter [Ken] had never made a violin before, nor built anything substantial out of carbon ...
Wood from old Alpine chalets has helped dendrochronologists to estimate when a violin was made centuries ago. Expert Peter Ratcliff used the grain of David Schulman's violin to cross-date its ...
A violin made in 1714 by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari has sold for $11.3 million at an auction in New York, short of estimates that would have made it the most expensive instrument ...
When Ma died in 2009, his estate gifted the violin to the New England Conservatory. Stradivari made this violin—with maple and spruce woods and a rich red varnish—during his “golden period ...
NEW YORK -- A violin made in 1714 by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari sold for $11.3 million at an auction in New York on Friday, short of estimates that would have made it the most ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A violin made in 1714 by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari sold for $11.3 million at an auction in New York on Friday, short of estimates that would have made it the most ...