A good violin depends on the expertise of the violin maker, but also on the quality of the wood that is used. Professor Francis W. M. R. Schwarze of th Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science ...

In the medieval Italian city that gave the world the famed Stradivarius violin, Bill Whitaker finds artisans still at work trying to replicate the precious sound of the million-dollar instrument known ...

How a violin’s f-holes are shaped can influence the instrument’s lowest notes. MIT scientists, along with a Boston-based violin maker, analyzed how air moves through a violin’s f-shaped holes and ...

Prof Francis Schwarze, of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials, Science and Technology, has succeeded in modifying wood used for violin-making through treatment with two kinds of fungi: ...

For years the Stradivari violin has been the subject of studies by researchers who sought to discover the reason for the pristine sound it produces. According to a report by The Brighter Side of News, ...

What began as a hobby -- and a way to provide inexpensive learning opportunities for his children -- would grow over the years into an obsessive pursuit for the perfect sound, bringing international ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This violin mute was made by an ...

A violin made using materials including spiders' silk has been developed at Imperial College London. But does it sound different from a traditional wood violin? Designer Luca Alessandrini, from the ...