January 18, 2023, 3:40 AM · [Please see also the second blog post on 27 Sets of Violin Strings Compared] Last year, I became addicted to buying new sets of strings for investigating how they fit my ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

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 ...

June 3, 2025, 4:26 PM · A perfect, rapid whole bow stroke is a beautiful coordination of speed, varying hand force from frog to tip, and control of bow angle by using circular motions of the shoulder, ...