The Violins of Cremona
Cremona in northern Italy is a centre of violin making but can a niche industry survive in the modern world of mass production?
Cremona in northern Italy is the original home of the Stradivarius violin and now - several centuries later - master craftsmen are still producing hand-made violins and exporting around the world. But how can such a niche industry survive in the modern world of mass production?
(Photo: Violin maker in Cremona. Credit: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ)
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Massimo Ardoli
International Violin Making School of Cremona
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Christopher Kurz
student International Violin Making School of Cremona
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Stefano Trabucchi
Master Violin Maker, Cremona
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Giorgio Grisales
Master Violin Maker, Cremona and business director, Antonio Stradivari Consortium of Cremona Violin Makers
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Edgar Russ
Master Violin Maker, Cremona
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Mathijs Heyligers
Master Violin Maker, Cremona
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Paulo Bodini
Chairman, Museum of the Violin Cremona
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- Sat 5 Apr 2014 04:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
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