Farmer tunes into success as master violin craftsman

SHIJIAZHUANG－Thomas Bohme, lead engineer and project manager of the German musical instrument manufacturer GEWA, has the final say on the quality of exported violins made by a Chinese company.

For Bohme, the word Huang is synonymous with perfection.

It is the surname of Huang Guoquan, a 50-year-old violin painter at the Wuqiang Jiahua Musical Instrument Co, in North China's Hebei province.