In Cremona, the Italian city that gave birth to some of the finest violins ever made, residents are being told to be as quiet as possible, because of an ambitious project to preserve the sounds of ...
SELANGOR, Malaysia (AP) — Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate strokes. The work is meditative, out of the ...
A precise replica of a Stradivarius violin from 1704, made using X-ray images, may help scientists uncover the secrets of the instrument's unique and highly prized sound quality and also make it ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection consists of a wide-ranging photographic survey of rare stringed musical instruments and bows. Many of these photographs were made ...
In Paris, a rare violin is expected to go for over $2 million at auction next week. Made in the mid-1700's by master Luthier Guarneri Del Gesu, his violins are rarer than Stradivarius instruments made ...
SELANGOR, Malaysia (AP) — Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate strokes. The work is meditative, out of the ...