Once a poverty-stricken rural area, Queshan County in China has transformed into a major violin-making hub that produces ...

Workers step up production to fill violin orders in Queshan county, Henan province, on June 25. [Photo by Xia Qinghua/China ...

For the past six months, musician RIchard Hall has been patiently crafting a violin from Australian hardwood.

Working in the shadow of the great masters, the violin-makers of Italy's Cremona are valiantly fighting a shrinking market and foreign competition as they seek perfection, one violin at a time. The ...