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 ...

Mario Miralles spent decades acquiring the spruce and maple for string instruments worthy of Yo-Yo Ma and Gustavo Dudamel.

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 ...

Instruments of "violin genus" such as violin, viola, cello and contrabass are traditionally opened in the opening of the letter "F" on the body surface of the instrumentF HoleTo be holding. The shape ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Rosin is an essential accessory for any string instrument ...

Inside San Francisco’s War Memorial Veterans Building, a group of carefully chosen Bay Area musicians gingerly draw their bows across the strings of 49 historic violins, a viola and a cello. Some of ...

There were no fuzzy animals at the Warm Springs Library. “It’s kind of funny," says Jaime McArdle of the Allegheny Mountain String Project. "Last year when we did this petting zoo, some of the kids ...

The craftsmanship says “fine musical instrument.” The jovial atmosphere says “fiddle.” As luthiers Steve Thomas and Gary Vessel work in their downtown Modesto shop, Thomas & Vessel Stringed ...

Facing volatile equity markets, investors often look to gold and silver. But an updated study of classical-instrument valuations by Brandeis economist Kathryn Graddy shows that violins may be among ...

From Bach and Beethoven, to Mozart, Wagner and others, music is filling the halls of educational establishments across Texas. Lisle Violin Shop is proud to introduce their new Forte Instrument Rental ...