An extraordinary, life-changing journey across continents and time. One night in 1980, through a series of improbable events, a fine, old, Italian violin came into the lives of Tom and Cheri Lyon Kelley. Naturally, they were curious to learn its story. Their quest for answers led them to people and places they never could have anticipated, from some of the loveliest villas in Italy to the sordid underworld of violin fakes, frauds, and thefts.

Rights Contact

Old Stone Press/Thomas Walter Kelley <john@oldstonepress.com>

Book Website

https://oldstonepress.com/library/made-in-italy/

Contributor(s)

Thomas Walter Kelley

Publisher

Old Stone Press

ISBN-13

978-1-938462-66-5

Publication Date

Sep 3, 2024

Pages

180

Tags

#performingarts

#travel

Our Review (4 out of 5 stars)

A prized violin becomes akin to a living, breathing object within a musician’s family in the wrenching, informative memoir "Made in Italy". Thomas Walter Kelley’s memoir "Made in Italy" recounts his and his wife’s astonishing time with a Cremonese violin. In May of 2000, Kelley and his wife... Read More