A record-breaking Stradivarius has sold for $23 million (£17.8 million), the highest sum ever paid for a violin. The 1715 ...

The journey begins with selecting the perfect wood, followed by meticulous shaping, carving, and assembling to bring the violin to life. Each step requires expertise and precision, as the ancient tree ...

Violin bows are far more complex than they appear ... The most essential are Pernambuco wood from Brazil and horsehair from Mongolia that costs $900 a pound. Typically, horses in cold climates ...

Building a violin by hand is no easy task, but constructing one out of carbon fiber is an amazing feat! Carpenter [Ken] had never made a violin before, nor built anything substantial out of carbon ...

Wood from old Alpine chalets has helped dendrochronologists to estimate when a violin was made centuries ago. Expert Peter Ratcliff used the grain of David Schulman's violin to cross-date its ...

The bow is made from a horse hair and a stick of wood, and is usually around 75cm long. 'Rosin' is created from liquid plant resin, and rubbed on the hair to help it grip the strings and make sound ...

The violin was Elgar’s own instrument and his ... a friend for whom Elgar invented the name ‘Windflower’ (a wood anemone, one of the first signs of spring), which he also attached to two ...

Janusz Wawrowski, a professor of music and a violinist, is using the only Stradivarius violin in Poland to showcase the works of composer Grażyna Bacewicz.