The violin as we know it today dates back to 16th-century northern Italy. The region spawned dynasties of violin makers, whose names are still synonymous with quality: Giuseppe Guarnari, Antonio ...

Brooklyn-based violin maker Samuel Zygmuntowicz has already had a book written about him called “The Violin Maker.” But why read the book when you can just watch filmmaker Dustin Cohen’s short, ...

John Jordan’s garage is overflowing with the bodies of unfinished violins. Some look like tapered chunks of maple or redwood. Others are closer to completion: sticklike necks with one swooping curve ...

For 500 years, violin-makers have crafted their instruments by hand. But for the past three years, three Minnesotans have been crafting them with the help of a CT scanner and computer-aided machine.

Sam Zygmuntowicz, a 40-something Brooklynite and the center of John Marchese’s nonfiction book “The Violin Maker,” has been asking questions about the centuries-old craft of violin-making. Those ...

Sam Zygmuntowicz, 50, the subject of John Marchese's book, "The Violin Maker," lives and works on a quiet street in Brooklyn lined with classic brownstones and townhouses. If you pass through a small ...

CONCORD — Despite the fact that John Jordan is building a legend in his quiet, unassuming Concord garage, he’s not a publicity seeker. “I did get approached by a TV producer planning a reality show on ...

SELANGOR, Malaysia (AP) — Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate strokes. The work is meditative, out of the ...

The firm was founded in 1887, and designed the legendary Violin Bass that became Macca’s go-to in the Beatles and beyond ...

A 10-year-old violin player has started a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for a Ukrainian violin maker who lost everything in the Russian war and became a refugee. “My home and my violin shop are ...