Violin Art: Rhapsody in Wood
Shoulders, necks, backs and bellies were strewn on workbenches in the violin maker’s shop. Wood chips made a carpet of spruce and maple. The work pace was slow in the Ghent shop, as if from another age and place, and the only sound competing with the craftsman’s voice was that of a dull scraping of metal against wood. The sound was that of violas, violins and cellos taking form. Violin-making is a world filled with mystery, said 30-year-old Lance G. Bellamy, one of three area