An instrument and bow maker has said an absence of training and ban on materials threatens the future of his industry. Rudolf ...

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Who knew the venerable violin still had surprises in store for us, after nearly 500 years as one of the leading voices in music? An Australian master archetier, or bow-maker, has built a simple device ...

In a small, sun-drenched studio outside of Boston, Benoit Rolland runs his hand over thin, dark planks of wood. He taps them to demonstrate how the percussive sound of each species varies. The pitch ...

[Martin], of the YouTube channel [WinterGatan], recently uploaded a video tour of the Phonoliszt Violina, an orchestrion, or a machine that plays music that sounds as though an orchestra is playing.

LOS ANGELES (CN) - The owner of two valuable violin bows claims an auctioneer sold his bows and kept the $240,000 from the sale. He claims the bows have "significantly increased in value" since the ...

If Marvin Freeman had not become a Major League Baseball pitcher, he may just have ended up making violin bows for a living. When Freeman was a student at Chicago Vocational High School, he studied ...

PUNE, Oct. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- "Violin Bows Market" research report focus on overall information that can help to take decisions on current market situation. global Violin Bows market size is ...

Concert violinist Stefan Jackiw performed last Thursday with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in England. It was the U.K. premiere of Gliere's Violin Concerto. AILSA CHANG, HOST: But all did not go ...

Like the saxophone in jazz, the electric guitar in rock ’n’ roll or the accordion in polka, the violin established itself in the mid-17th century as the principal vehicle for Western classical music.