Have you ever yearned to play a violin like Leila Josefowicz or Paul Zukofsky but can't get beyond annoying scratchy squeals? Dr Dylan Menzies of the De Montfort University in Leicester, U.K., says ...
Watching Yasuoki Tanaka work is like stepping back in time. Surrounded by hand tools and little vials of resin-colored liquids in the workshop at his Columbia home, he combs out strands of thick, ...
If you want to learn about violins and the bows that make them sing, you’ll want to catch up with Elizabeth Vander Veer Shaak. Shaak is shop owner and bow maker at Mount Airy Violins & Bows on ...
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 ...
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 ...
[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.
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