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 ...

SANTA ANA — A 57-year-old Irvine man pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Santa Ana to a scheme to steal expensive, vintage violins and robbing a bank in Irvine. Mark Meng pleaded guilty to ...

CREMONA – When Ms Ayoung An was 8, her parents bought her a violin. She slept with the instrument on the pillow next to her every night. Two years later, a shop selling musical instruments ...

Virtuosos who describe the singing voice of a violin may be on to something. The great violin makers, such as Stradivari and Guarneri, may have designed violins to mimic the human voice, new ...

What gives a violin made by Antonio Stradivari or Guarneri del Gesu its remarkable sound? Researchers have examined the wood preservatives, varnish, even the effects of the Little Ice Age on the ...

India News: Stradivari and Guarneri, the master makers of violins, perfected their art and set defining benchmarks centuries back in Italy.

Made in 1731 by acclaimed Italian luthier, Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’, the rare violin had been valued at $10 million (£8.16 million) prior to the bidding, which took place on Monday 16 ...

An exceptionally rare Guarneri violin-so fabled that it has its own name, the Baltic-sold for $9.44 million (premium included) at auction on March 16 ...

A 292-year-old, extremely rare Guarneri violin known as the Baltic sold for $9.44 million at auction, smashing records.