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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Chances are the first violin you bought your child was factory made and inexpensive, which makes sense considering you don't know yet if they are going to like it. But if they love it and go on to ...
The Violin Makers Association of Arizona International will hold its 50th anniversary convention in Tucson next week, attracting luthiers from around the U.S. and Canada. Crafters will converge on the ...
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, ...
Gaspar welcomed us into the shop and, with the passion of a master craftsman, began to tell us about the art of violin making. The shop where he and Sibylle made their instruments, he said, was once ...