CHICAGO -- Paul Becker of Carl Becker & Son in Chicago makes no bones about his father's legacy of violin making. "He was the best in the world. There was no doubt. There was no one who came close to ...

Originally from Poland, the North Bennet Street School department head of violin making and repair is an expert in the instrument’s craft and history As department head of violin making and repair at ...

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 ...

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 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a program most people don’t realize is offered, but UNM says they’re one of only two universities in the country with a violin-making class. Rob Wisnewski is in his ...

The presence of a world-renowned violin-making school in Salt Lake City may be a secret to some locals—as if the large mural on the west side of the Violin Making School of America (304 E. 200 South, ...

Why are we asking for donations? Why are we asking for donations? This site is free thanks to our community of supporters. Voluntary donations from readers like you keep our news accessible for ...

One of Britain’s last remaining violin makers fears the centuries-old craft might die out if young people don't enter the industry. Rudolf Pilsel, 72, works from his workshop in Crewe, Cheshire, ...