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Welcome to Cremona - city of the violin. These Italian streets are brimming with horse hairs, varnish and chiselled wood. The central square is lined with storefronts displaying beautifully handcrafted wooden instruments. Braimah Kanneh-Mason, concert violinist and member of the musically gifted Kanneh-Mason family, travels to where the Stradivarius was born. Braimah learns about the techniques used to replicate the world\u2019s most famous stringed instruments in the workshop of world-class violin maker Daniele Tonarelli. It was in Cremona, 500 years ago, that Andrea Amati was credited with inventing the \u201cmodern\u201d violin. In his footsteps came the likes of Nicola Amati, Guarneri \u201cdel Ges\xf9\u201d and, most famously, Antonio Stradivari, who all perfected their craft in this northern Italian city. Daniele is the latest in a long line of Cremonese luthiers. Braimah gets a taste of the age old recipe that created these musical masterpieces hundreds of years ago. It is still used today. Daniele shows Braimah his newest violin \u2013 just 20 days old. How does this youthful instrument feel in the young violinist\u2019s hands, and \u2013 more importantly \u2013 how does it sound? Are today\u2019s Cremonese luthiers living up to the legacy the great violin makers left behind?