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Amnon Weinstein first encountered a violin from the Holocaust 50 years ago. He was a young violin maker in Israel, and a customer brought him an old instrument ... and there inside there [were ...

Mr. Hawley was more or less widely known as the collector and owner of what is perhaps the best single collection of old and famous violins in America. View Full Article in Timesmachine ...

Several years ago, Dr. Steven Sirr decided to marry his two passions: CT scans and violins. But not just any violin — a 307-year-old Stradivarius ... Antonio Stradivari inside the body.

But it's his career choice, and to him, it's a dream job. Quite literally. Day was 14 years old when his violin teacher, Kelly Richardson, told him he'd had a dream about Day making violins.

Only about 650 Strads and 150 Guarneri violins are known to have survived, making sample collection a challenge. Joseph Nagyvary, a researcher at Texas A&M University devoted to recreating old ...

The violin was inside its case, sitting in an old wooden cradle. The family knew little about it. "I had no idea what to do with it," says Smith, who lives in Pennsylvania. "I was going to get rid ...