Maple wood samples from the interior of the instruments' back plates were obtained as thin shavings during the repair of cracks. The instruments were a violin by Stradivari, dated 1717; a cello by ...

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 ...

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Along with Andrea Amati and Andrea Guarneri, Antonio Stradivari dominated the so-called Golden Age of Violins (roughly 1660 to 1750), and the instruments they crafted remain the gold standard today in ...

VELES, North Macedonia (Reuters) - Svetozar Bogdanovski built his first violin 35 years ago for his son Kostadin, then aged seven, who had expressed interest in taking lessons. Today Bogdanovski's ...