A man has replaced the strings of a violin with his own human hair. Tadas Maksimovas unveiled the follicle fiddle to promote the annual Street Musician’s Day in Lithuania. Maksimovas had his ...

Spider silk is turning out to be a remarkably versatile material. Aside from having a higher heat conductivity than any other organic matter and proteins for inserting genes into cells, strings from a ...

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 ...

Electric Violin Labs was founded by professional educator, performer, and technologist Jess Ingrassellino to bridge classical training, modern sound design, and an accessible approach to music ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Hunter Choy and his late grandfather’s violin are teaming up to keep a family legacy alive. Last year, the 10-year-old Caroline Street school fifth-grader began playing the ...