You might say these instruments are money to the ears of savvy collectors and investors. Musical instruments can be valuable assets: guitars can sell for hundreds and thousands of dollars; violins in ...

The workshop is filled with the smell of cut wood and every wall is covered in violins at various stages of completion. In it, Dorian Barnes, the director of workshop operations at Lisle Violin Shop ...

Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and select materials to shape an instrument’s final sound. MIT engineers hope to streamline that ...

WELCOMING TO ALL KIDS. A 300 YEAR OLD VIOLIN WITH LOCAL TIES WAS AUCTIONED OFF FOR SOME PRETTY BIG BUCKS. TODAY, 300 YEARS OLD, AND WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR HOW MUCH IT WENT FOR. BUT FIRST, NEWSCENTER 5 ...

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From airline rules to safeguarding valuable kit, how musicians can travel with confidence – with cover for their instruments ...