“It’s a nexus of art and history and music and science, and it’s endlessly fascinating,” Indianapolis Violins co-owner Chris Ulbricht says while making a violin from scratch. For 500 years, the way ...

There is no question that violin-making is an art form. It requires a musician's ear, a craftsperson's skill, and a historian's appreciation of lessons learned over time. Making a violin also takes ...

Jenelle Steele was at a rest note in life’s score. A sculptor living in New York City, she was browsing through violins and cellos at a local shop one day. “I wasn’t happy with my career, and I was ...

A West Texas man chipped away at the project for decades. When he died in 2018, the violin was still unfinished — a bunch of carefully crafted parts in a box. Robert Hunter wasn't famous. The man who ...

AN ART ITSELF. >> WE FOUND STUDENTS LEARNING THAT ART RIGHT IN BOSTON’S NORTH END. WITH THE BOSTON POPS ENTERTAIN THE CROWD ON THE ESPLANADE ON JULY WORTH, 2022, ONE MUSICIAN’S VIOLIN CAME FROM JUST ...

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 ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Will Bartruff began work on his first violin at the age of 10. Half-a-century later he did one better. The master luthier took on a 9-year-old protégé. “Hey kiddo,” Will says as Ben ...

JB Violins is tucked into a small building off Alley 38, just south of West Bonita Avenue in Claremont. One might expect its location in Claremont is the result of the arts-friendly college culture of ...