Every family has an heirloom. It might be a watch, a book, or a stuffed pet. [Mike’s] family heirloom was an antique violin. Well, not an entire violin. This particular violin consisted of a detached ...

For 500 years, violin-makers have crafted their instruments by hand. But for the past three years, three Minnesotans have been crafting them with the help of a CT scanner and computer-aided machine.

WHITTIER >> A plain 2-by-1-foot wood block inscribed with the word “Vitali” gives the only hint that a store waits behind the tinted, graffiti-scratched picture windows on Whittier Boulevard. But ...