IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This bow was made by Albert H. Karr ...

Rudolf Pilsel has made 25 cellos, 35 violas, more than 100 violins and hundreds of bows since the age of 20 An instrument and bow maker has said an absence of training and ban on materials threatens ...

IN 2017 A FRENCH auctioneer sold a 200-year-old violin bow made by François Xavier Tourte, regarded as the Antonio Stradivari of bow-making, for a record €576,000 ($687,000). Tourte was among the ...

The final fee will be over £1m once commission is added A violin that once belonged to one of history's best known scientists has sold at auction for £860,000. The 1894 Zunterer violin is believed to ...

Aug. 24 (UPI) --Classical musicians and instrument makers are warning of a looming crisis ahead of a U.S. meeting in September on Brazil's push to ban most international trade in Paubrasilia echinata, ...

If you’re like us, you’ve probably wondered what everyday stuff famous people add to their carts — like hair spray or an electric toothbrush. We asked violinist Ray Chen, who will be performing at ...

The Metropolitan Police has made an arrest over the theft of an 18th-century violin belonging to a Philharmonia Orchestra member. Police have arrested a man in their search for a £150,000 violin, ...

When Emel Cubukcu was 5, her mother encouraged her to learn a musical instrument. Little did she know that within seven years, she’d pick up several awards and other accolades as a violinist. “There ...

An Early 20th Century Cello topped the Scientific and Musical Instruments Sale at Tennants Auctioneers, when it sold for £8,000, 10 times the lower estimate (all figures exclude buyer’s premium). From ...

A Stradivarius violin being sold by Sotheby’s on Friday could set a new world record for the most expensive instrument sold at auction, set by another Stradivarius piece in 2011. The term as well as ...

Have you ever heard the expression, “Music calms the savage beast”? The saying means music can be so powerful, it can soothe anyone – no matter how upset, distressed or worked up they may be. In today ...