Matthew Gilbert grew up on a farm, studied literature in college and went on to get a master’s degree in theology. But his passion is violins. Creating new violins from generic-seeming pieces of wood, ...
BILLINGS – It all started in Rapelje at an antique shop. James Seward was 69 years old and was fulfilling a lifelong dream to learn to play the violin. “They have always been mystical, magical voices ...
Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...