MIDDLEWAY, W.Va. — Whether in the hands of a bluegrass fiddler or a concert violinist, the instrument’s sound was built into it from the day it was started, from the maple and spruce selected for its ...

Violin makers routinely finish their instruments with a thick coat of varnish, the better to protect and preserve the wood. Now Swiss scientists claim that this varnish also plays a role in the ...

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, ...

For centuries, violin makers have tried and failed to reproduce the pristine sound of Stradivarius and Guarneri violins, but after 33 years of work put into the project, one professor is confident the ...

Varnish does more than just provide a protective sheen to a violin. It influences the vibrations and impulses that the wood absorbs and therefore the quality of sound the instrument produces, says an ...

This violinist did an experiment to test whether people could hear the difference between a real and synthetic violin sound. Can you hear which is which? MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) ...

BATTLE GROUND — One day in December 2016, during a rail journey into same northern Italian countryside where the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari made his stringed masterpieces, Mark and Sharon ...

One of San Francisco's oldest and most distinguished musical denizens spends most of the year in protective custody, appearing in public only on rare occasions and even then surrounded by a cadre of ...

This guy compared a £50 violin from Amazon with a £250,000 Carlo Antonio Testore violin from 18th-century Milan. Can you hear the difference? If you reckon you’ve got a well-trained ear, you might ...