As many as eighteen violin makers named Gagliano are known. The following among them are outstanding: Alessandro (Naples, Italy, flourished c. 1700-c. 1735), who worked in the shops of Nicolo Amati ...

Here’s a little secret about violins: they don’t need to look the way they do to sound great. The graceful curves of the instrument and the flourishes at its corners for example, can vary subtly ...

The intricate history of a beautiful antique violin is traced from its creation in Cremona, Italy, in 1681, where a legendary violin maker (Carlo Cecchi) paints it with the blood of his dead wife ...