ST. LANDRY PARISH — Tom Pierce, the owner of Tom's Fiddle and Bow in Arnaudville Louisiana, runs a business rooted in a deep love for fiddles and the music. "At the basis of it, I have a shop where I ...

Countless strands of spider silk have been spun by a Japanese researcher to create a set of violin strings. The strings apparently have a "soft and profound timbre" compared to the traditional gut or ...

A new kind of violin string creates sounds as soft as silk. And no wonder, since it’s made of spider silk. The strong-yet-stretchy protein fibers, which already have shown promise in everything from ...

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 ...