Few contest that a centuries-old violin will be more coveted than its newer counterparts, assuming it was well-made to begin with. That’s how luthiers like Stradivari and Guarneri have become ...

Mostly, Rieck says she see people bringing in their grandparents’ old instruments for their sons and daughters. She recently remodeled her store to expand the size of the shop, which Rieck says is the ...

Want to guess which endeavor is potentially more harmful to his health? The early brass, he says. Baum, 44, is at the center of a small but fervent circle of classical music lovers who are devoted to ...

A stream of gaffes more than 30 years ago led to a unique and gainful business venture today for Mark Freitas. It was 1981, and Freitas, a student at California State University Fresno, was working at ...

Trumpet players don’t usually spend time poring over X-ray fluorescence results. Adrian von Steiger does, but he isn’t your average musician. Von Steiger, who just finished his doctoral research in ...