Matthew Gilbert grew up on a farm, studied literature in college and went on to get a master’s degree in theology. But his passion is violins. Creating new violins from generic-seeming pieces of wood, ...

RUTHERFORD — René Alfred Morel could provide a master repairman's deft touch — and a dash of humor — at just the right moment. A renowned luthier, Morel lived in Rutherford and made the slightest of ...

Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...

BILLINGS – It all started in Rapelje at an antique shop. James Seward was 69 years old and was fulfilling a lifelong dream to learn to play the violin. “They have always been mystical, magical voices ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...