SELANGOR, Malaysia (AP) — Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate strokes. The work is meditative, out of the ...

Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate strokes. The work is meditative, out of the public eye. For Tan, ...

SELANGOR, Malaysia — Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate strokes. The work is meditative, out of the public ...

SELANGOR, Malaysia (AP) — Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate strokes. The work is meditative, out of the ...

Malaysian luthier Tan Chin Sang checks the maple for a violin back plate at his workshop in the outskirt of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, July 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) SELANGOR, Malaysia ...

John Jordan’s garage is overflowing with the bodies of unfinished violins. Some look like tapered chunks of maple or redwood. Others are closer to completion: sticklike necks with one swooping curve ...

SELANGOR, Malaysia--Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate strokes. The work is meditative, out of the public eye ...

He also continued his violin lessons, studying under a conductor who tutored Rashid in exchange for boxing lessons for his two sons. "It was a good trade," Rashid says. Later, while designing military ...

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Nevada City, Calif.? Joseph Rashid has just finished making his 95th violin, in time for his 95th birthday. “This is my best yet,” he says, running his hand over the amber wood and pronouncing it as ...

VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 18: Violin shaped boat parades near the Accademia Bridge on September 18, 2021 in Venice, Italy. Violin Shaped Boat was launched on the island of Giudecca at the former ...