After a violent storm devastated Italy’s ‘musical woods,’ where the world-famous violin-maker Antonio Stradivari sourced the wood for its exceptional string instruments almost 300 years ago, local craftsmen started a race against time to salvage the trees to make violins, violas, and cellos for the next generation of musicians. 🌲 🎻 #TheAlpsCGTN Discover the full story 👉 https://stories.cgtneurope.tv/the-alps-val-di-fiemme-musical-forest/index.html | CGTNEurope

Violin blocks are made from spruce. Here I separate the wood first to then adjust the blocks with the plane so that they fit the mould. #violin #violinmaker #geige #luthier #luthiertok #wood #woodworking #craft #geigenbauer | Jessica.violins

703K views · 7.6K reactions | Carving the strips of the violin to get rid of any excess weight that isn’t needed 蝹 #wood #violin #violinmaker #luthier #woodworking #craft | Jessica Violins | Facebook