A soloist falls on his rare 18th Century violin. But how can it be repaired so it sounds the same? To drop a much-loved instrument is accident enough. But when it is a violin worth a cool million - ...

For the past 22 years, the violin repair shop has been a constant in the ever-changing landscape of the 200 block of North Main Street.

He had inherited from his father a violin, a family heirloom, and it was badly in need of repair. It was the 1950s, and Scoville met John Chapin, a violin maker in San Francisco.