A platinum fiddle that's just 35 microns in length and 13 microns in width is believed to be the world's smallest violin, measuring just a fraction of a tardigrade or the diameter of an average human ...

This week, a violin made by famed Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari could become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold at auction. Sotheby's is estimating that a Stradivarius made in 1714 ...

Varnish does more than just provide a protective sheen to a violin. It influences the vibrations and impulses that the wood absorbs and therefore the quality of sound the instrument produces, says an ...

A 1714 Stradivarius Violin up for Auction Could Become Most Expensive Music Instrument Ever Sold NEW YORK (AP) — A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the ...

Considering jazz is an art form that mostly makes it up as it goes along, it's ironically appropriate that printed records—i.e., data—from the days of its birth are decidedly sparse. We know, at least ...

Since last summer, the Instagram account @violintorture has offered a riposte to the centuries-old craft of violin-making, or lutherie. “Can you still play a violin after cutting it up?” the account’s ...

Note: Since this post was published, “Joe’s Violin” has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). In the spring of 2014, the filmmaker Kahane Cooperman was driving to ...