Mort's attempts to excel at playing both baseball and the violin make him so confused that he decides to take up chess instead.

Who would want to kill Tomaso Rainaldi, an elderly, unassuming violin-maker in the quiet Italian city of Cremona? For his friend and fellow violin-maker Gianni Castiglione, the murder is as mysterious as it is shocking. Rainaldi had few possessions, no enemies and little money. No one? least of all the police? can fathom a motive for murdering him. All he really had was an obsessive love of violins and an encyclopedic knowledge of them. But what if...

Feeling that something is missing in his simple life, Mole acquires a violin and learns to make beautiful, joyful music.

Presents a guide to playing the violin, with information on how the violin works, holding positions, and musical notes, chords, and scales, along with tips for caring for the instrument and finding a teacher.

Violinist and conductor Andř Rieu brings classical music and waltzes to the masses.