Every family has an heirloom. It might be a watch, a book, or a stuffed pet. [Mike’s] family heirloom was an antique violin. Well, not an entire violin. This particular violin consisted of a detached ...

To talk about a Stradivarius is to talk about the highest standard of craftsmanship an object can attain. Never mind the fact that studies have shown that many professional violinists can’t tell a ...

Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...

Jascha Heifetz's violin came out to play Sunday afternoon, and for once it didn't hog the spotlight. Instead, the high point of this chamber recital, presented by the San Francisco Symphony at the ...

I hate to confess this, but I've never been that keen on Stephane Grappelli's playing, as masterful and brilliant as he assuredly was. ("He plays with an accent," violinist and Berklee professor Rob ...

LITTLE ROCK — Clair Cline died in 2010 at the age of 93, never knowing that his experience as a German prisoner of war would be recorded in the new exhibit “Guests of the Third Reich” at the National ...

In a rare bout of spring cleaning, I began to think about giving away an heirloom that has been gathering dust in my closet for the past 16 years. This child-size violin has been part of a family ...