Xiqiao, China — FOR more than 10 years, Wu Hong Fang’s days have been filled with the same gentle sound, the quick chafe of sandpaper on spruce and maple. Working briskly, methodically, her hands a ...
China pulls world's strings in violin making / Competitors can't match cheap labor, evolving quality
2007-01-21 04:00:00 PDT Xiqiao , China-- For more than 10 years, Wu Hong Fang's days have been filled with the same gentle sound, the quick chafe of sandpaper on spruce and maple. Working briskly, she ...
US violin-making is enjoying a rebirth, craftsmen say, despite the rapidly improving production by fellow makers in China, which US artisans see both as a threat and a boon to their livelihood. Even ...
NANJING/MOSCOW — It might be hard to imagine that every year 40 percent of the world's violins are produced in Huangqiao, a town in East China once famous for its sesame bread rather than music. A ...
In the hands of the protagonist Song Yi, it is a special violin, a carbon fiber violin. The violin head, neck, and the box are all made of carbon fiber material. This is China first violin made of ...
XIQIAO, China -- For more than 10 years, Wu Hong Fang's days have been filled with the same gentle sound, the quick chafe of sandpaper on spruce and maple. Working briskly, she sands violins all day, ...
The completion ceremony of the Violin Manufacturing Base of China, China's only and largest violin manufacturing base, was held on the morning of December 16 in Pinggu District, Beijing. Pinggu ...
Donggaocun, China (CNN)-- The sound of novice strings fills classrooms and hallways in Donggaocun almost every day. At Pinggu Elementary School students are practicing Beethoven's ninth symphony. For ...
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