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

A violin handcrafted in 1714 by Antonio Stradivari, the famous Italian luthier, has been sold for $11.25 million by Boston’s ...

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

But for many violin players and restorers, Strads are incomparable to even the best modern violins. "It's not just what the audience hears on a sort of 'taste test,'" between an old and modern ...