For 500 years, violin-makers have crafted their instruments by hand. But for the past three years, three Minnesotans have been crafting them with the help of a CT scanner and computer-aided machine.

CHICAGO — An online connection led to a special commission between a Chicago-area musician and the first known Black woman violin-maker in the country. “I had never ever considered the hands that ...

He's gone from carving stone animals on his father's farm to one of Britain's most distinguished violin makers, but now a progressive disease is threatening his career. Nick Morrison reports. LATER ...

Tan, a computer science graduate who doesn’t play the violin, once co-owned a music school and helped in his family’s food business. In 2010, a trip to China to restore an old violin sparked his ...