A Stradivarius violin is one of the most prized instruments in classical music. The few musicians lucky enough to play an ...
The old adage tells us not to judge a book by its cover, and now it seems as though we shouldn’t judge a violin by its price. Violins crafted in the so-called “golden age” by expert makers Antonio ...
Soloist Ilya Kaler wears welder glasses so he can’t see the violin during a test of old and new instruments outside Paris in September 2012. AP WASHINGTON — Ten world-class soloists put costly ...
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One memory is clearer than all the others from Jim Bohan’s childhood in Leitrim, Ireland: watching his cousin build a violin. Bohan, now 88, was 7 years old at the time. “It put a stamp in the side of ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten world-class soloists put costly Stradivarius violins and new, cheaper ones to a blind scientific test. The results may seem off-key to musicians and collectors, but the new ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This framegrab image from video, provided by Stefan Avalos, shows soloist Ilya Kaler wearing welder glasses so he can’t see the ...