The String Makers
Who actually built the violin, viola and cello? One family of instruments, one craft — the same Cremona, Venice, London and Paris workshops made them all. Scroll the great making schools, tap a maker for a museum placard, and zoom deep into real instruments photographed by the Met. Everything here is public domain or openly licensed.
♩ Same years, other workshop: while Stradivari and Montagnana were carving cellos, Bach was writing the Suites. See the composers on the Cello Through Time timeline →