I found myself saying yes. Cremona, located in Italy’s Lombardy region, has been the world capital of violin making for six centuries. A hundred and fifty liutai still ply their trade there ...

Francesco Ruggieri (1620-c. 1695) was the first and greatest of a family of violin makers working at Cremona, Italy. A pupil of Nicolo Amati, he patterned his instruments, with some modifications, ...

Violin-makers attend a specialized school, based on a close teacher-pupil relationship, before being apprenticed in a local workshop, where they continue to master and perfect their techniques - a ...

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 ...

Unless you live in Italy, it's a bit of a rare thing to have 50 brand-new Cremonese violins, violas and cellos all under one roof, waiting for you to try out. But that has been the case for the last ...

Born around 1644 in Cremona, Italy, Stradivari began producing his own instruments when he was 22 years old. Though he made cellos and violas, as well, his violin-making techniques were what made ...

McGhee Violins in New York. In 1984 he spent six months in Cremona, Italy, studying Italian violin-making techniques. From 1985 to 1994 he was the proprietor of his own violin shop in New York ...