Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

Countless strands of spider silk have been spun by a Japanese researcher to create a set of violin strings. The strings apparently have a "soft and profound timbre" compared to the traditional gut or ...

Peering into a shiny glass case suspended in an exhibit hall, four curious music lovers examine a violin, soft and warm in color with its delicately detailed scroll and wood grain marks iridescent in ...

Spiders might soon give you goosebumps in a good way. Strands of spider silk have been used to make violin strings that have a unique and thrilling sound, thanks perhaps to the way the strands deform ...

Wang Zhenghua, 69, describes himself as a "sound sculptor" who carves melodies out of pieces of wood in Tianjin. Fashioning finished violins from raw wood is far from easy. But Wang confidently takes ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule 1 Allegro The violin was Elgar’s own instrument and his Violin Concerto is ...

A Japanese researcher has used thousands of strands of spider silk to spin a set of violin strings. The strings are said to have a "soft and profound timbre" relative to traditional gut or steel ...