The world’s best violins come with strings made from catgut—which isn’t typically from cats, but does definitely come from the inside of an animal. If you want a more vegetarian alternative, though, ...
A Japanese scientist has made violin strings out of spider silk and claims that, in the right hands, they produce a beautiful sound. Thousands of the tiny strands can be wound together to produce a ...
NARA, Japan, March 5 (UPI) -- A Japanese researcher says thousands of strands of spider silk spun into a set of violin strings can yield a "preferable" timbre for many musicians. The way the strings ...
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 ...
What type of cats were originally used to make catgut suture material (stitches), and violin strings? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn ...
A London-based musician has created violin strings from human hair. According to a YouTube video, artist Tadas Maksimovas came up with this unique idea to promote Street Musicians' Day and contacted ...
Allen Gatchell checks the inventory at Atlantic Strings' Mills Avenue location near downtown Orlando. Expand to read more Jim Carchidi A day at this Orlando violin shop is a lesson in crafting success ...