Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story contained a photo of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra concertmaster Margaret Batjer from LACO's recent "Strad Fest LA" event. The photo ...

Soloist Ilya Kaler wears welder glasses so he can’t see the violin during a test of old and new instruments outside Paris in September 2012. AP WASHINGTON — Ten world-class soloists put costly ...

The lights are on in the shop where Adam Day and his band of violin-makers ply their craft. But if the lights weren’t on? No worries. They’d still have a job. The whole technological infrastructure ...

The stirring sounds of two legendary types of violin have haunted musicians and baffled craftsmen for centuries.? Now, a researcher claims he is one note closer to recreating the secret recipe that ...

A valuable 18th century violin -- stolen Sunday from the car of a 20-year-old music student while the vehicle was parked outside a Pavilions grocery store in West Hills -- has been found and turned in ...

The old adage tells us not to judge a book by its cover, and now it seems as though we shouldn’t judge a violin by its price. Violins crafted in the so-called “golden age” by expert makers Antonio ...

The violin's unusual story involves musicians, police, the FBI and an appraiser. — -- A centuries-old "Ames" Stradivarius violin that was stolen from the late renowned violinist Roman Totenberg ...

TEXT OF INTERVIEWBOB MOON: Maybe the next time the market’s up, we can have a Stradivarius play “We’re in the Money.” That would be appropriate, considering the latest idea in hedge fund investing: ...

The violin appeared in Keitha Clark's life as mysteriously as it would reappear. (Andrew Hynes/CBC - image credit) "I never thought I would see it again," Keitha Clark said. Clark is a music teacher, ...

WASHINGTON — Ten world-class soloists put costly Stradivarius violins and new, cheaper ones to a blind scientific test. The results may seem off-key to musicians and collectors, but the new ...