Part four: The culmination of the early history of violin playing, 1700-1761. Introduction: the 'evolution of progress' theory, a summary view of the violin -- The violin and bow of the early ...

I. Origin and early history of the violin to 1700 : 1. Precursors of the violin family from the earliest times to the appearance of the perfect viol -- 2. The fiddle, fidula or vielle, and the ...

For years, Colin Maki and his associates — purveyors of some of the finest and rarest violins ever made — had been circling the Playfair, an ultra-rare model crafted by the famed luthier Guarneri "del ...

Originally from Poland, the North Bennet Street School department head of violin making and repair is an expert in the instrument’s craft and history As department head of violin making and repair at ...

Mathew M. Symons was interested in violins from a young age, but growing up in Henry County with Quaker parents it wasn't always easy to explore his passion. The first instrument he created – out of a ...