When David Chandler decided to retire, he knew one thing was essential: a woodworking shop. It would allow him to continue ...

One of the violins on display at the Violins of Hope exhibition in Milwaukee. Violins of Hope was founded by Amnon Weinstein, who grew up repairing instruments with his father, Moshe. Moshe was a ...

The "Violins of Hope" we're about to hear are from a time when hope seem to be all but lost. Serena Altschul has the story: When members of the Cleveland Orchestra recently sat down to perform, they ...

Amnon Weinstein first encountered a violin from the Holocaust 50 years ago. He was a young violin maker in Israel, and a customer brought him an old instrument in terrible condition and wanted it ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Violins of Hope is a collection of 70 restored string instruments that were played by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust. They've traveled the world, and next month ...

The instrument’s biggest difficulty is simultaneously its greatest joy – to make a sweet sound you must relax ...

Some violins rose in the ranks and others fell, but the new ones maintained their lead over the old. “There is certainly no evidence here to support the belief that Old Italian violins come into their ...

The Cathedral has stood tall in the center of Cremona since the 12th century, but the heartbeat of this city is heard in the ...

Chimei Museum today announced that it would hold violin concerts themed around the Guarneri family, featuring 11 historic ...

David Bromberg is best known as a guitar virtuoso, who has collaborated with Bob Dylan and George Harrison and fronted his own band. But he's also a collector of American violins, and his collection ...

One by one, they arrived in a Tel Aviv violin maker’s studio: broken, scratched and disfigured, as damaged as their former owners, but also cherished before the tragedy of the Holocaust irrevocably ...