Robert Gordon III tests the tone of a violin he created in his workshop in Belsano, near Ebensburg. Apart from a stint in the U.S. Navy from 1973-79, Gordon has been making violins since the age of 13 ...
Leonidas Kavakos walks onstage, a presence unlike any other superstar violinist. Over 6 feet tall, fashionably dressed in black and sporting a wry smile, he nevertheless looks a bit awkward, carrying ...
The fragrance of varnish and curing wood drifts by as you enter Side Door Strings, transporting you to an era when objects and the tools that built them were all made by hand. A violin in the raw sits ...