A state lawmaker wants to see the fiddle named the official instrument of West Virginia. A resolution by Republican Del. Josh Holstein introduced in the West Virginia House of Delegates on Wednesday ...
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 ...
The 28th annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition includes a Fiddle-Henge, a modified bicycle wheel, and a 'Demon Box.' ...
WELCOMING TO ALL KIDS. A 300 YEAR OLD VIOLIN WITH LOCAL TIES WAS AUCTIONED OFF FOR SOME PRETTY BIG BUCKS. TODAY, 300 YEARS OLD, AND WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR HOW MUCH IT WENT FOR. BUT FIRST, NEWSCENTER 5 ...
A platinum fiddle that's just 35 microns in length and 13 microns in width is believed to be the world's smallest violin, measuring just a fraction of a tardigrade or the diameter of an average human ...
As many as eighteen violin makers named Gagliano are known. The following among them are outstanding: Alessandro (Naples, Italy, flourished c. 1700-c. 1735), who worked in the shops of Nicolo Amati ...