The instrument was made in 1956 by the self-taught violin-maker William Robinson and has the words ‘Made in Havana – Cuba’ on the back. The famous virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin played the instrument in a ...

It was made in 1956 by self-taught violin maker William Robinson, who had experience converting empty boxes into “rustic” violins in his childhood. He acquired Sir Winston’s cigar box from the former ...

If, as Rudyard Kipling famously wrote, “A woman is only a woman, but a good Cigar is a Smoke,” then what does that make the box the cigar came in? In the hands of craftsman and entrepreneur Steven ...

Gerry O’Brien, who is in his 32nd year running the Churchill Arms in Kensington Church Street, bought the coveted 1956 instrument at a Sotheby’s auction. He told the Standard: “[The violin’s maker] ...

WATCH: Here’s Gil Tucker with some creative Calgarians, who are boldly going where no ‘bow’ has gone before. CALGARY- There are some sweet sounds in town this week from an instrument believed to the ...

You never know when inspiration will hit you. For Steve Armstrong, his moment arrived one evening last year while watching television. On the screen, a blues musician known as Seasick Steve set down ...