Sentence examples for violin making from inspiring English sources

He wanted a photograph of a gipsy playing a violin, making it cry.

But he put his time to good use, learning the art of violin making with Adolf Stahl.

The setting was Berlin; the gift an 18th-century instrument said to be from the hands of a master luthier whose works mark the apex of three centuries of violin making.

Started in 1881 as a social service program to teach skills to immigrants, the school now specializes in promoting Old World crafts like violin making, piano repair and custom-furniture making.

"Violin making is a perfect science," said Ms. Foss, 51, a tall, slender woman who has made 13 violins, 2 violas and 1 cello over the last 10 years.

Violin making (like so much craftsmanship) is a lonely job.

What gives a violin made by Stradivari or Guarneri del Gesù its remarkable sound?

David picked up a violin made in the seventeen-eighties by Paolo Castello, in Genoa.

I finally sold it and got a violin made by his best pupil, Carlo Bergonzi.

The violin, made in 1696, is one of about 400 made by Stradivarius that are still known to exist.

The voice of this record is a 1735 violin made by Guarneri del Gesu that's worth $3.5m.