maker of incomparable violins, cellos and more. Among the violin virtuosos who play a Stradivarius today are Itzhak Perlman, Akiko Suwanai and Joshua Bell. “I can’t think of anything else that ...

The 1731 "Heifetz, Piel" Stradivari violin that was owned for nearly 30 years by 20th century violin legend Jascha Heifetz ...

Until now, there has been no way for instrument makers ... violins from solo performances into symphonies. Research anthropologist Bruno Frohlich uses a CT scanner to study both antique and ...

In addition, violin ... American contemporary classical violinists from Isaac Stern to Joshua Bell, gave a lecture last year at New York's Museum of Mathematics, and joked that French violins slowly ...

The modern bow ... “I own two violins by a living maker in Vermont that I like very much,” he says. “And there are some good instruments coming from China these days.” Yet, for most serious musicians, ...

Sotheby's has been consigned by the New England Conservatory (NEC) to auction the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius violin with an estimate of $12 million to $15 million. The working instrument was crafted ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari ... The auction house is estimating the value of the “Joachim-Ma Stradivarius” at $12 million to $18 million.