Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prior to the central commemorative ceremony of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau concentration camp, a secret note ...

Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and select materials to shape an ...

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There is no question that violin-making is an art form. It requires a musician's ear, a craftsperson's skill, and a historian ...

NEW YORK — A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold when it goes up for auction on Friday at Sotheby’s in New ...

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 ...

Lee Sung-yeol was a computer engineer for almost 20 years. One day, he decided to change his life course and become a violin maker. Well, it was not exactly like that. You will have to read the whole ...

This video of Laurent Bernadac, an engineer and lifelong musician, playing the violin looks and sounds very little like a person playing the violin. For one thing, he’s also using a looper and effects ...

Here’s your daily dose of an indie film in progress — at the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the ...

A violin handed into a lost property office by a member of the public turned out to be a multimillion-pound Stradivarius. The owner of the instrument loaned it to a friend last week and the hapless ...

A valuable violin with a storied past will be sold at Sotheby’s in February—and it could become the most expensive musical ...

A message written from within Nazi concentration camp Dachau, which remained undiscovered for more than 80 years, has been found. It tells a tale of survival, craftsmanship, and reveals the only known ...