Who knew the venerable violin still had surprises in store for us, after nearly 500 years as one of the leading voices in music? An Australian master archetier, or bow-maker, has built a simple device ...

Which violin bows are best? Whether you’re new to playing violin or an experienced master, using the appropriate bow can make or break your performance. While the factors that go into the sound and ...

Vadim Gluzman uses a bow once used by Eugène Ysaÿe and Henryk Szeryng."; Most of us will not get past the first part of that headline, thinking, "Oh, another story about a multi-million dollar violin ...

The fragrance of varnish and curing wood drifts by as you enter Side Door Strings, transporting you to an era when objects and the tools that built them were all made by hand. A violin in the raw sits ...

Watching Yasuoki Tanaka work is like stepping back in time. Surrounded by hand tools and little vials of resin-colored liquids in the workshop at his Columbia home, he combs out strands of thick, ...

The sounds of strings are in the air as 81 youngsters are learning to play the violin. The students of Jump Start Strings, a collaboration of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and Communities In ...

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 ...