He had a reputation as "one of America's finest violin makers"[6][7] and “the dean of American violin-making”.

[5] After graduating from high school in 1937[2] he worked for William Lewis & Son Co. under his father's supervision.

[2] The Strad magazine reports that the couple made their first “Carl Becker and Son” violin in 1948[11] however it wasn't until 1968 when they opened their own shop in a multi-level building on Belmont St. in Chicago that served as the family's shop as well as their home.

[7][1] Much of his violin-making happened at the secluded cabin in Wisconsin by Lake Pickerel, where he worked in a studio over the garage and practiced muskie fishing.

[14] Becker's children, Jennifer and Paul, continued the family tradition of violin making.