Have you ever wondered what makes an old Italian violin sound so special? For centuries, musicians and scientists have ...

Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate ...

Varnish does more than just provide a protective sheen to a violin. It influences the vibrations and impulses that the wood absorbs and therefore the quality of sound the instrument produces, says ...

Varnishes protect works of art and wooden instruments from environmental damage. However, until recently, little research had been carried out into the effects of varnish on the sound of violins ...

BELSANO — A former Navy man who served during the Vietnam War has carved a niche for himself, much like the handcarved scrolls he crafts for his violins. Robert Gordon III is a second-generation ...

Janusz Wawrowski, a professor of music and a violinist, is using the only Stradivarius violin in Poland to showcase the works of composer Grażyna Bacewicz.

In a step toward unraveling the secret treatments applied hundreds of years ago by Antonio Stradivari, researchers report on a nanometer-scale imaging of two of Stradivari’s violins, revealing a ...

This violin, item number 5908 is listed as: "Fine Copy of Jacobus Stainer, bird's-eye maple back, elegant varnish - a little gem - ebony trimmings . . . $17.00 each." This violin is made of a table of ...

This violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce of even medium grain, two-piece back of maple cut on the quarter with even, fine, horizontal figure, ribs of similar maple, modern baroque ...