The world’s best violins come with strings made from catgut—which isn’t typically from cats, but does definitely come from the inside of an animal. If you want a more vegetarian alternative, though, ...

We’ve seen 3D-printed violins before, but they used an electric pickup to amplify the sound of the resonating strings. Using a newly formulated white resin, Formlabs instead 3D-printed an acoustic ...

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 ...

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 ...

What is it? The younger sibling of the viola and cello, it's an instrument that exudes class, virtuosity and sentimentality. Who uses it? Violins have always been the frontline ammunition of classical ...

Dan Larson of Gamut Music at his workshop on Dec. 3 in Duluth. Dan Larson is known worldwide for his violins and lutes. He also makes gut strings that when played can “bring out the soul of man.” 81 ...

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 ...

A Lithuanian actor and musician has his hair turned into violin strings while still attached to his head in this amazing video. Actor and musician Andrius Mamontovas has a lot of hair: Mamontovas is a ...

SPIDERS can now give you goosebumps in a good way. This violin owes its thrilling sound to its strings – the first to be spun from spider silk. Shigeyoshi Osaki at Nara Medical University in Japan ...