Violin makers routinely finish their instruments with a thick coat of varnish, the better to protect and preserve the wood. Now Swiss scientists claim that this varnish also plays a role in the ...

MIDDLEWAY, W.Va. — Whether in the hands of a bluegrass fiddler or a concert violinist, the instrument’s sound was built into it from the day it was started, from the maple and spruce selected for its ...

“The Sound Post in the Violin” By John E. McLennan, Ph.D. “The Sound Post in the Violin” By John E. McLennan, Ph.D. SYDNEY, Sept. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Violins are known for the beautiful and ...

Music commentator Miles Hoffman, a nationally renowned violist, and NPR's Steve Inskeep visit the Library of Congress' small, priceless collection of Stradivarius instruments. Hoffman plays some of ...

The Cathedral has stood tall in the center of Cremona since the 12th century, but the heartbeat of this city is heard in the workshops.

Here's one out of left field. Turkish musician Gorkem Sen has invented a new kind of musical instrument that incorporates fretted strings, coiled springs and drum membranes to create a range of ...

For centuries, violin makers have tried and failed to reproduce the pristine sound of Stradivarius and Guarneri violins, but after 33 years of work put into the project, one professor is confident the ...

Crisp, warm, responsive. The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) is on a journey to meet these benchmarks under the baton of music director Gianandrea Noseda. One of the ways in which he's shaping a new ...

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 ...

Weighing over 130kg, this ginormous instrument is the largest playable violin in the whole world... Musicians across the world have set and broken all kinds of Guinness World Records over the years, ...