A soloist falls on his rare 18th Century violin. But how can it be repaired so it sounds the same? To drop a much-loved instrument is accident enough. But when it is a violin worth a cool million - ...

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 ...

RED WING, Minn. -- With a small saw, hunched over his woodworking bench, Mike Burns cut a tiny wedge from a block of maple wood about the size of a Tic Tac. The wedge will go into what's called a frog ...

AN ART ITSELF. >> WE FOUND STUDENTS LEARNING THAT ART RIGHT IN BOSTON’S NORTH END. WITH THE BOSTON POPS ENTERTAIN THE CROWD ON THE ESPLANADE ON JULY WORTH, 2022, ONE MUSICIAN’S VIOLIN CAME FROM JUST ...

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 ...