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Violin Maker

Lothar Meisel and his father sat side by side for 40 years bending, shaping and scraping wood into violins, just as their German ancestors had since 1660. But here in America the Meisel family legacy is in jeopardy. Produced by Mary Stucky from Minnesota Public Radio.

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