Mario Miralles spent decades acquiring the spruce and maple for string instruments worthy of Yo-Yo Ma and Gustavo Dudamel.

One of Britain’s last remaining violin makers fears the centuries-old craft might die out if young people don’t enter the industry. Rudolf Pilsel, 72, works from his workshop in Crewe, Cheshire, ...

Neatly pasted on the inside of an old violin newly discovered in somebody’s attic, many a musty label bearing such an inscription has caused hearts to beat faster. Most violins so discovered are fakes ...