The angel head cello is worth around €30,000. Photo: Nando Patera Thieves have stolen around 100 antique instruments worth €150,000 from a collector's house in Bremen. The owner has offered €20,000 ...

There are only about 300 violins left by 17th century Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari and the best of them still sound great – and are worth millions today Vintage electric guitars can also attract ...

Adam Johnson grew up working at Johnson String Instrument in Newton, which his parents founded in 1976. He purchased the business from Roger and Carol Johnson in 2008, and assumed ownership of local ...

AN unknown thief smashed a window on a car parked in Kew early in the morning on October 10, and stole five antique violins, violas and cellos.

“Don’t worry,” says Florian Leonhard. “A bit of woodworm isn’t usually a problem. In fact, if the creature is in the instrument, it was in the wood before it was made. Of course, it can be bad. I once ...