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GARRISON -- Arnie Anderson traveled halfway around the world to get an education in making violins. His daughter, Sarah, doesn't even have to leave her house to get the same education. Sarah, 20, has ...

Chances are the first violin you bought your child was factory made and inexpensive, which makes sense considering you don't know yet if they are going to like it. But if they love it and go on to ...

Originally from Poland, the North Bennet Street School department head of violin making and repair is an expert in the instrument’s craft and history As department head of violin making and repair at ...

A good violin depends on the expertise of the violin maker, but also on the quality of the wood that is used. Professor Francis W. M. R. Schwarze of th Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science ...

Normally, finding mold on your instrument would make any violinist panic. Fungus needs heat and moisture to grow, both of which are deadly to the delicate woods used to make stringed instruments. But ...