Not everyone is a naturally gifted musician - but a new invention means you no longer need to be to play a note-perfect solo on the violin. Technology lecturer Dylan Menzies has created the O-Bow, ...
When Eric Paulu, of Boulder, graduated from the University of Colorado with a history degree, he hit a “Now what?” wall. He considered going to school for law. But instead, he decided to pick up an ...
The fragrance of varnish and curing wood drifts by as you enter Side Door Strings, transporting you to an era when objects and the tools that built them were all made by hand. A violin in the raw sits ...
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Rosin is an essential accessory for any string instrument ...
Among the 23 remarkable individuals who won MacArthur Foundation fellowships earlier this week, there was mathematician Maria Chudnovsky, who is married to a violist, and stringed instrument bow-maker ...
The artifacts represent the earliest-known stringed instruments found in Southeast Asia. A reconstruction of the chordophone, crafted out of deer antler. Photo: Antiquity (2023). DOI: ...
Photo taken on May 13, 2019 shows the bow and the strings of an Erhu in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province. Erhu, sometimes known as the Chinese violin or Chinese two-stringed fiddle, is a ...
The fragrance of varnish and curing wood drifts by as you enter Side Door Strings, transporting you to an era when objects and the tools that built them were all made by hand. A violin in the raw sits ...