FALLBROOKFALLBROOK — For hundreds of years, scientists and musicologist have puzzled over the secret behind the one-of-a-kind sound produced by 17th-century Stradivarius and Guarneri del Gesu violins.
John Ramsey’s workbench is cluttered with tools of every shape and size. Littered among the hodge-podge contraptions are smooth pieces of wood, whose glossy flecks of brown and gold glisten in the ...