Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...

Ever wanted to play several string instruments at once? Well, now you (kind of) can... An Australian bow-maker has developed a hinged bow, allowing solo violinists to play several strings at once.

The violin, viola, cello and double bass are among the most recognisable orchestral and solo instruments. But there is a particular set known as the "Golden Age" instruments which are arguably the ...

When one thinks “violin,” the images that come to mind are the Stradivari and Guarneri instruments. When one thinks “violinist,” it is usually the superstar concert soloist – the Hilary Hahns, the ...

Because what else would a luthier in lockdown do? While some people have taken up baking in the last few months, or mastered at-home DIY, one luthier decided to continue her usual day job – but with a ...

There seems to be some people who make art works that make full use of the charm of curvaceous beauty of string instruments, such as the thread winding part of the violin and the neck of the torso of ...