There is a certain paradox to the greatest violins. No matter how uniform the testimony of their players and audiences, a ...

Stradivarius violins often sell for millions. There's a long history behind them, and violinists who swear they sound better ...

A violin made by the famous Italian luthier and craftsman Antonio Stradivari in 1714 could become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold.As per Associated Press, the instrument known as ...

In Salisbury, Md., an amateur in the audience gushed to Violist William Primrose: “Ah, you can’t get away from the old Italian instrument makers!” In South America, critics rhapsodized over ...

In Florence around 1700, the Italian instrument maker Bartolomeo Cristofori made a breakthrough now credited with paving the way towards the modern piano: for plucked strings, he substituted a ...