When priceless older violins were pitted against modern ones in an experiment at the 2010 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, the results hit a sour note for some. Do a 300th birthday ...

In 2010, an experiment was conducted to investigate whether modern musical instruments and old famous instruments really have different tones by playing the 'Stradivarius ', which is called a famous ...

"Stradivarius", which is unusual to have a price of one billion yen, is known as a legendary name machine that can continue to be asked by the name of the world's violinist even in modern times more ...

Did you know that the modern violin was probably invented in the early 1500s in Northern Italy? The region is still known for its violin-making traditions. Though music has changed in the centuries ...

May 9 (UPI) --Can you tell the difference between the notes of a modern violin and one built by famed violinmaker Antonio Stradivarius? New research suggests most listeners can't discern a difference ...

THE reputation of the most expensive and revered violins in the world has taken a battering. In an experimental result published this week, concert violinists were unable to pick two Stradivarius ...

John Jordan’s garage is overflowing with the bodies of unfinished violins. Some look like tapered chunks of maple or redwood. Others are closer to completion: sticklike necks with one swooping curve ...

The modern violin emerged in northern Italy in the 1500s, in the cities of Brescia and Cremona. Brescia had the older school, but the Cremona guild perfected the instrument in the workshops of Amati, ...

The violins of 18th Century craftsman Antonio Stradivari are legendary. The most perfect violins ever made. They’re so perfect, in fact, that renowned violin soloists not only can’t tell the ...

Fungi can be used to treat a violin to make it sound like a rare Stradivarius, a study has found. A wood researcher in Switzerland has succeeded in modifying wood for a violin by treating it with ...