He spent a good bit of time measuring and drawing out his design before making fiberglass molds of the violin’s front and back plates from carved plaster plugs. The process was extremely time ...

They ended up using their printer to make molds for a paper mache violin, and ended up being fairly successful at it. The basic idea behind their paper mache violin was to create a plastic mold ...

Range A violin can play from the G below middle C, known as G3, up to a high E two octaves above its highest string, known as E7. Each of the four strings is tuned a fifth apart, making up the notes G ...

It doesn’t need to be removed when not in use, making it “a great improvement over the older standard mute,” according to his New York Times obituary. Ma bought the Stradivarius violin with ...

Modern acoustics is making it possible to account for the exquisite performance of the violins made by the Italian masters. The result promise a further evolution in the instruments of the violin ...

Bow makers don't typically go to school, as you would with violin making. Instead, many must train as an apprentice for three years under a master bow maker. That tradition continues for Sandrine ...

The most illustrious of several violin makers in the Bergonzi family was Carlo, born in Cremona, Italy, in 1683 (d. 1747). His training is not documented, but his early instruments show the influence ...

Francesco Ruggieri (1620-c. 1695) was the first and greatest of a family of violin makers working at Cremona, Italy. A pupil of Nicolo Amati, he patterned his instruments, with some modifications, ...

HUANGQIAO, China -- Here in the world's biggest violin-making town, young Chinese artisans are moving away from the mass production model to focus on hand-crafted quality in a bid to add value to ...