Originally from Poland, the North Bennet Street School department head of violin making and repair is an expert in the ...

JB Violins is tucked into a small building off Alley 38, just south of West Bonita Avenue in Claremont. One might expect its ...

While that dream may never come to pass, it would be far more likely to happen if many of the instruments could be 3D-printed, like this electric violin. We really like this compact design ...

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 ...

He passed away.” He said it was his father's violin that first piqued his interest in violin making. “I was kind of handy when I was small,” he said. “I like to do some carving stuff.

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, ...

James Brown works in his shop making a violin in Claremont, CA on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. Brown taps the piece to test for tonal quality. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG ...