The most illustrious of several violin makers in the Bergonzi family was Carlo, born in Cremona, Italy, in 1683 (d. 1747). His training is not documented, but his early instruments show the influence ...

Drago’s grandfather, Sergey Palchikoff, was born in Russia in 1893 to a family of nobility. At the age of four, Palchikoff started learning to play a violin that, unbeknownst to him, would ...

The viola is the middle voice of the string family. It is slightly larger than a violin and has a lower and deeper sound than a violin. Since the 18th century it has been the middle or alto voice of ...