05/14/2005 - Toronto Star

"From  tree to timbre" by Oakland Ross
Hratch Armenious Tchalkouchian found his calling in the Caucasus Mountains above the Black Sea. In December of 1967, somewhere north of the Armenian capital of Yerevan, he cut down the perfect tree, which he used to fashion his first violin. Since then he’s made nearly 400 of his highly regarded instruments from the same tree.