Carl F. Becker, violin maker, dies at age 93

Carl F. Becker, a resident of Chicago and Pickerel Lake, has died at the age of 93. The respected instrument maker, part of a five-generation dynasty of luthiers, had a great influence on U.S. violin making. A history of Carl Becker and Son, Ltd., of Chicago, notes that he was “born with a fiddle in his hands, violins in his blood...and a chip off the old block.” Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal