What: A fascinating video that demonstrates the difference in sound quality between an extremely affordable violin, and one that costs as much as beachfront property. Who: YouTube violinist Rob Landes ...

The musical world praises Stradivarius in much the same way the art community does Picasso or entrepreneurs do Gates. For three centuries, violinmakers have worked, without success, to uncover the ...

How a violin’s f-holes are shaped can influence the instrument’s lowest notes. MIT scientists, along with a Boston-based violin maker, analyzed how air moves through a violin’s f-shaped holes and ...

Milan, 6 May 2022 - What makes the sound of one violin preferable to that of another? Do some Stradivarius violins really have a special sound? To answer these questions, a multidisciplinary team ...

For years the Stradivari violin has been the subject of studies by researchers who sought to discover the reason for the pristine sound it produces. According to a report by The Brighter Side of News, ...

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.

Katherine McLin, the concertmaster of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, plays the 1709-10 Gobetti violin at the Chicago rare instrument dealer Bein & Fushi. A rare, 300-year-old violin recently ...

Navigating the future: the letter from Albert Einstein to Glyn Davys (click to expand). (Courtesy: Dyer et al. 2021, J Comp Physiol A/The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) A 1949 letter sent by Albert ...

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 ...

Among of the millions of voices silenced during World War II were those of countless musicians. While imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps, they lifted spirits by playing music on beautifully ...