What is the difference between a violin and a viola?

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Luthier inspects a violin body at a workbench beside a microscope and shelves of varnish jars. Overlay arrow points to the violin with a text box: “$1 million!”

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Luthier inspects a violin body at a workbench beside a microscope and shelves of varnish jars. Overlay arrow points to the violin with a text box: “$1 million!”

What It's Like to Restore the World's Most Expensive Violins

Luthier: One who makes stringed instruments.

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Violin

Violin

A full-sized acoustic violin, the highest-pitched instrument in the string family,...

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