2007-01-21 04:00:00 PDT Xiqiao , China-- For more than 10 years, Wu Hong Fang's days have been filled with the same gentle sound, the quick chafe of sandpaper on spruce and maple. Working briskly, she ...

“My ultimate goal is making a village that is Korea's answer to Italy’s Cremona, in which the entire village is dedicated to making string instruments,” said luthier Kim Sin-seok. A luthier is a ...

Matthew Gilbert grew up on a farm, studied literature in college and went on to get a master’s degree in theology. But his passion is violins. Creating new violins from generic-seeming pieces of wood, ...

“It’s a nexus of art and history and music and science, and it’s endlessly fascinating,” Indianapolis Violins co-owner Chris Ulbricht says while making a violin from scratch. For 500 years, the way ...

Because what else would a luthier in lockdown do? While some people have taken up baking in the last few months, or mastered at-home DIY, one luthier decided to continue her usual day job – but with a ...