Explore the traditional art of violin making with a skilled Chinese craftsman. The process begins by selecting quality wood, ...
With import charges looming, Wesley Rule, owner of Knoxville Fine Violins, is considering alternatives to Chinese-made ...
The fragrance of varnish and curing wood drifts by as you enter Side Door Strings, transporting you to an era when objects and the tools that built them were all made by hand. A violin in the raw sits ...
The instruments he learned to make there each require extraordinary patience. A single violin takes about 300 hours to ...