I've always wanted to go to Cremona, Italy - birthplace of the great violin maker Antonio Stradivarius (1644-1737). It's a ...

A violin "Made in Cremona'' carries a revered imprimatur ... protractors, and other precision instruments of modern measurement. It's one of the best books I've ever read: a polyglot pot pourri of art ...

A violin handcrafted in 1714 by Antonio Stradivari, the famous Italian luthier, has been sold for $11.25 million by Boston’s ...

A 1714 violin made by the venerated violin maker Antonio Stradivari fetched $11.3 million dollars at auction at Sotheby’s New ...

Daniel Stepner, professor of the practice of music at Brandeis and longtime first violinist in the Lydian String Quartet, plays a “modern” violin crafted in 1727. And a “period” instrument made by the ...

Stradivarius violins often sell for millions. There's a long history behind them, and violinists who swear they sound better ...

Will there be a difference between a Stradivari, that is valued at around $3 million, and a modern violin with a price tag of less than $50,000? [violin playing] Only Michael Rosenheimer and ...