Violin makers routinely finish their instruments with a thick coat of varnish, the better to protect and preserve the wood. Now Swiss scientists claim that this varnish also plays a role in the ...

Leonardo da Vinci's oil painting "Mona Lisa" looks rather gloomy with its dark green and brown colours. It is a little-known fact that the maestro painted the picture in bright colours - so the ...

How a violin’s f-holes are shaped can influence the instrument’s lowest notes. MIT scientists, along with a Boston-based violin maker, analyzed how air moves through a violin’s f-shaped holes and ...

Researchers using a medical scanner have worked out why a Stradivarius violin sounds so good — it is because of the remarkably even density of the wood. For the past 300 years, musicians and ...

What: A fascinating video that demonstrates the difference in sound quality between an extremely affordable violin, and one that costs as much as beachfront property. Who: YouTube violinist Rob Landes ...

Milan, 6 May 2022 - What makes the sound of one violin preferable to that of another? Do some Stradivarius violins really have a special sound? To answer these questions, a multidisciplinary team ...

For years the Stradivari violin has been the subject of studies by researchers who sought to discover the reason for the pristine sound it produces. According to a report by The Brighter Side of News, ...

We’ve seen 3D-printed violins before, but they used an electric pickup to amplify the sound of the resonating strings. Using a newly formulated white resin, Formlabs instead 3D-printed an acoustic ...

The musical world praises Stradivarius in much the same way the art community does Picasso or entrepreneurs do Gates. For three centuries, violinmakers have worked, without success, to uncover the ...

What began as a hobby -- and a way to provide inexpensive learning opportunities for his children -- would grow over the years into an obsessive pursuit for the perfect sound, bringing international ...

ZIAO CHEN, 9, remains focused while practicing a challenging concert piece at Flathead Valley Community College Nov. 6, 2023. (Hilary Matheson/Daily Inter Lake) ZIAO CHEN, 9, rehearses with instructor ...

You’ve never heard violin like this! Dixon’s Violin - is bringing his one-of-a-kind, transformational performance to the Warren Community Center on October 26th. A former technology leader and ...