The most illustrious of several violin makers in the Bergonzi family was Carlo, born in Cremona, Italy, in 1683 (d. 1747). His training is not documented, but his early instruments show the influence ...

An Elkhorn family thinks the music program in their school system lacks one major element. Elkhorn sixth grader Luca ...

The result promise a further evolution in the instruments of the violin family Modern acoustics is making it possible to account for the exquisite performance of the violins made by the Italian ...

The viola is the middle voice of the string family. It is slightly larger than a violin and has a lower and deeper sound than a violin. Since the 18th century it has been the middle or alto voice of ...

With expertise founded in the making and restoration of string instruments, Kerry Keane has been involved in the musical-instrument trade for more than 30 years. He began his career in 1973 with ...

Drago’s grandfather, Sergey Palchikoff, was born in Russia in 1893 to a family of nobility. At the age of four, Palchikoff started learning to play a violin that, unbeknownst to him, would ...

His grandparents were the only ones in their family to leave Europe before it ... had been transported to concentration camps. The first violin came to the Weinsteins covered in ashes, which ...