This is the second part of my interview with violin collector David Fulton. Here in the sixth hour-long program in the Rosin the Bow series broadcast on KVMR-FM in Nevada City, California, David shares an entertaining mix of stories related to some of the most treasured violins and cellos in his collecction.

David Fulton is one of the most important violin collectors in the world today. Here, in the fifth hour-long program in the Rosin the Bow series broadcast on KVMR-FM in Nevada City, California, David shares his life story and the passion that drove him to seek out and preserve instruments made by such masters as Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu.

Laurie Lewis is a Grammy award-winning bluegrass fiddler and songwriter. For many years she owned a violin shop in Berkeley, California. Here, in the third hour-long program in the Rosin the Bow radio series broadcast on KVMR-FM in Nevada City, California, Laurie tells how she wrote two songs about the violin: The Maple's Lament and The Bear Song. This is followed by the story of the origin of the Mongolian horse-head fiddle.

Joe McHugh is a storyteller, fiddler, and award-winning public radio journalist who travels the world exploring the many roles the violin family of instruments play in society today. He has interviewed gifted musicians who play a variety of styles—classical, folk, jazz, and rock—as well as master luthiers, dealers, collectors, tone wood producers, insurance agents, museum curators, rosin makers, string designers—even FBI agents who have helped recover stolen violins. The Rosin the Bow archive of recorded interviews will eventually become a permanent part of the Smithsonian Institution’s collection of violin-related materials.

Episode 1 is the first hour-long program in the Rosin the Bow series produced for public radio that aired on KVMR-FM in Nevada City, California. As the first program in the series, it featured a number of shorter segments culled from longer interviews that will be featured in future podcast episodes. So stayed tuned and enjoy this journey through the life and times of a family of remarkable musical instruments and the exceptional people who make sure they continue to bring us moments of joy and enchantment.