French researchers have busted a common myth that the tonal qualities of a real Stradivarius can not be matched by any other instrument in the world. A new study shows modern fiddles sound better.

A piece of wood hewn from an Alpine fir is among the evidence that has led a renowned collector and authority on rare instruments to be labelled a con man, suspected of masterminding the world's ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. It was a cold case for more than three decades - a cold violin case - but now it has been closed. A Stradivarius violin that ...