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In 1992, Qian Ni founded Eastman strings. In the beginning, he and his two musician colleagues bought instruments from western-trained violin makers working in their home town in China, but before long, they saw that a different approach was needed. Emulating the European tradition of bygone times, Mr. Ni hired a large group of master violinmakers, and with their help, he established a large master violin workshop devoted to the handcrafting of instruments- one of the first the world has known since the 20th century. In the short time since this workshop was founded, the reputation for tonal quality and excellent craftsmanship of Eastman’s instruments has become a worldwide standard.