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

I've always wanted to go to Cremona, Italy - birthplace of the great violin maker Antonio Stradivarius (1644-1737). It's a ...

The art of lutherie, or the making of stringed instruments, is a beautiful blend of craftsmanship and musicality. This ...

Janusz Wawrowski, a professor of music and a violinist, is using the only Stradivarius violin in Poland to showcase the works ...

The money from the sale of the violin, which was once owned by the 19th-century virtuoso Joseph Joachim, will benefit a ...

Searching for the perfect instrument to start music lessons? Here’s your chance — if you can afford it. A 311-year-old, rare Stradivarius violin, known as the Joachim-Ma, will go to auction ...

BUT FIRST, NEWSCENTER 5 KATIE THOMPSON TELLS US THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT VALUABLE INSTRUMENT. IT IS KNOWN AS A MASTERPIECE OF SOUND. THE FAMED STRADIVARIUS VIOLIN. THIS ONE IS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL.

For NEC, there is every reason to hope that the violin could fetch a historic price, perhaps exceeding that of the “Lady Blunt” Strad, sold in 2011 for $15.9 million, the world record for a musical ...