Tan Chin Seng is Malaysia’s first professional violin luthier, or maker of string instruments like violins, cellos and ...

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, ...

It's pretty amazing that single violin can make you feel like you've taken a trip around the world and soaked up myriad cultures, but that is exactly what violinist <a href=" Lansdale did in her ...