A third person emailed about a violin with a Stradivarius label that, according to family lore, had been owned by "Spaniards" generations ago. Nachbaur's verdict: "It's a complete piece of junk." ...

I sold an old French violin to a buyer in Canada, and the buyer disputed the label. This is not uncommon. In the violin market, labels often mean little and there is often disagreement over them.

For decades, virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg played his prized Stradivarius around the world. Then one day in 1980 it was snatched. Gone. But in June, the FBI called his daughter with news.

As a teenager in South Korea, Ayoung An decided to become a violin maker. Her journey eventually took her to Cremona, Italy, a famed hub for masters like Antonio Stradivari.

A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold when it goes up for auction at Sotheby's in New York.

Kevin Marcus and Will Baptiste 'bridge the gap' of classical music and hip-hop and break down the stereotypes they face as African Americans playing violins.

If a walking stick is required, by all means let it be lipstick-red lacquer. The marketing of products targeted to seniors traditionally has been a rather dreary affair: utilitarian walkers ...

NEW YORK — A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold when it goes up for auction on Friday at Sotheby’s ...

A rare, nearly 300-year-old violin that has been in the collection of the late businessman Sau-Wing Lam and exhibited twice at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will be auctioned at ...

This violin has a reproduction Stainer label and is made of a two-piece table of spruce with even fine grain broadening toward the flanks, one-piece back of slab-cut maple with irregular, mild ...

On Sunday, March 19, Black Violin, one of the originators of classical boom, will fiddle and bow to deep bass, quick rap lyrics, R&B, funk, and rock-infused harmonies at the Ikeda Theatre at Mesa ...