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The violin as we know it today dates back to 16th-century northern Italy. The region spawned dynasties of violin makers, whose names are still synonymous with quality: Giuseppe Guarnari, Antonio ...

SELANGOR, Malaysia — 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 public ...

Violin makers don’t usually take apprentices: They prefer to focus on their craft over training their future competition. It’s even rarer to train more than one at a time. But William Bartruff is ...

CONCORD — Despite the fact that John Jordan is building a legend in his quiet, unassuming Concord garage, he’s not a publicity seeker. “I did get approached by a TV producer planning a reality show on ...

Because what else would a luthier in lockdown do? While some people have taken up baking in the last few months, or mastered at-home DIY, one luthier decided to continue her usual day job – but with a ...

DEL MAR — When the violin makers set up shop in a cool, quietcorner of the San Diego County Fair, it’s hard to predict who willwalk up and ask to play. “Sometimes, you’ll get a kid who is the lead ...

For 500 years, violin-makers have crafted their instruments by hand. But for the past three years, three Minnesotans have been crafting them with the help of a CT scanner and computer-aided machine.

CHICO — While Bob Scoville was busy running his own insurance company in Marin County, he discovered what he really wanted to do. He had inherited from his father a violin, a family heirloom, and it ...

One day they’ll make beautiful music, but for the moment the slabs of mahogany, spruce and maple that Martin Brunkalla will fashion into violins are neatly stacked in his Marengo workshop. The only ...