(upbeat violin music) Dennis McCarten admits he is no maestro on the violin, but he can make beautiful music. This is one of his instruments. For nearly 20 years, McCarten has been making, restoring ...

The violin has mostly stayed the same since the 16th century, when the likes of Antonio Stradivari began designing his own instruments out of maple and spruce wood. A violin creates a unique ...

Timothy Chooi is finding that his latest Stradivarius, a 311-year-old instrument estimated to be worth up to $30 million, ...