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World Service,05 Apr 2014,28 mins

The Violins of Cremona

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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. Credit: BBC)

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