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 ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The days of making your own instrument may be here soon. Engineering students at the University of Toledo are pioneering the idea, creating a violin using a 3D printer. "I never knew ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The University of New Mexico is highlighting a one-of-a-kind course in violin making. Students from many different majors use hand tools over the course of four-to-six ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘The degree programme at the Newark School of Violin Making will not be running this year, apparently because there were not ...

For more than five decades, Paul Lindfors’ violin never made a sound. Once a treasure of his youth, the violin became little more than a showpiece when Lindfors gave up music to pursue athletic glory.

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 ...

Jay Shefsky visits the Chicago School of Violin Making. If you want to become a professional violin-maker, there are three places in the U.S. where you can learn how to do it: Boston, Salt Lake City ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Over at the University of New Mexico (UNM), a select number of students each semester have the opportunity to learn how to handcraft a violin using tools and methods. The ...

Although I have often relished the tender melody of the violin, it wasn’t until I met Mathias Menanteau that I realized the endless passion and mastery necessary for its creation. Sign up here. French ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook You can find them working together in the cozy cedar studio every few weeks: the older gentleman ...

LEWISTON, N.Y. (WKBW-TV) — Mike Wrona's talent is making violins, not playing them. He says "Violin is a very difficult instrument to play. It's left many people broken and babbling by the side of the ...

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 ...