The little-known story of Israeli Amnon Weinstein, a musical craftsman who gathered and restored violins that survived the ...

the last great artisan in that family, died in 1684, leaving an opening in the growing market for Cremonese violins. Stradivari’s instruments became so coveted that he received commissions from ...

“Trial instrument, made under difficult conditions with no tools and materials,” the worn note read. “Dachau. Anno 1941, Franciszek Kempa.” The origins of the violin, built in 1941 by ...