The sound of Mark O’Connor’s violin filled the small space at Acoustic Artisans on Saturday. The last time his violin arrived at the studio and workshop on Congress Street, last spring, it was unplayable. Acoustic Artisans owner Jonathan Cooper had made the violin and sold it to O’Connor in 2002.
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