(WATE) — A violin that once belonged to a 12-year-old boy who saw his family murdered is now on ... the darkest chapters of human history. These instruments belonged to Jews in the Holocaust ...

The museum’s permanent collection is jovial — a portrait of an In-N-Out-style cheeseburger welcomes visitors to the main entrance. Behind the burger, bright watercolors and vivid landscapes of the ...

His grandparents lost hundreds of family members and friends ... started acquiring what no one wanted: Violins made in Germany. "For him, to destroy an instrument was not the right way.

the last great artisan in that family, died in 1684, leaving an opening in the growing market for Cremonese violins. Stradivari’s instruments became so coveted that he received commissions from ...

With expertise founded in the making and restoration of string instruments, Kerry Keane has been involved in the musical-instrument trade for more than 30 years. He began his career in 1973 with ...

A single violin takes about 300 hours to ... recently received a custom-made cello, continuing a family tradition of music-making. “Every instrument is unique, and when I also got to have ...

After graduating, Christianson built a distinguished career in Nashville, servicing violin-family instruments from student-level to professional while performing on fiddle and mandolin with ...