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: BBC)
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Massimo Ardoli
International Violin Making School of Cremona
Christopher Kurz
student International Violin Making School of Cremona
Stefano Trabucchi
Master Violin Maker, Cremona
Giorgio Grisales
Master Violin Maker, Cremona and business director, Antonio Stradivari Consortium of Cremona Violin Makers
Edgar Russ
Master Violin Maker, Cremona
Mathijs Heyligers
Master Violin Maker, Cremona
Paulo Bodini
Chairman, Museum of the Violin Cremona
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