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Violins of Cremona

Cremona in northern Italy is a centre of violin making but can a niche industry survive in the modern world of mass production?

Cremona in northern Italy is the original home of the Stradivarius violin and now - several centuries later - master craftsmen are still producing hand-made violins and exporting around the world. But how can such a niche industry survive in the modern world of mass production?

(Photo: Violin maker in Cremona)

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