Eight decades after the 1709 violin known as the "Small Mendelssohn" disappeared, experts think they've located it in Japan ...

An investigation by an American academic asserts the 'Small Mendelssohn,' an exceptional violin taken from the Mendelssohn family during World War II, is the same instrument as the 'Stella,' the ...

This violin was made by George Gemünder in Astoria (Queens), New York in 1881. As Gemünder's business flourished, his popularity and subsequent financial success allowed him to move his shop to ...