A woman who worked hard to buy a new violin for $180 back in the 1960s was in for a huge surprise when she got the instrument appraised on Monday night's episode of "Antiques Roadshow." And while the ...

Newly-issued Royal Mail stamp features a rather uniquely constructed violin bow. Elementary my dear Watson... Stamp artwork and printing is subjected to incredibly high standards of design and ...

Violist Donald Dal Maso was performing at the Lincoln Center in New York City on Friday night when his wife called to tell him a valuable 19th-century, French violin he received as a gift had been ...

Who knew the venerable violin still had surprises in store for us, after nearly 500 years as one of the leading voices in music? An Australian master archetier, or bow-maker, has built a simple device ...

When Long Island musicians – or aspiring players – want a high-quality-sounding violin, viola, cello, or bass, they go to Kolstein’s in Baldwin. The company has spent more than three quarters of a ...

When it's time for the "David" Guarneri del Gesu to make one of its periodic forays into the concert hall, the call goes out to Roland Feller. And like an old-time medical specialist, he makes a house ...

Like the saxophone in jazz, the electric guitar in rock ’n’ roll or the accordion in polka, the violin established itself in the mid-17th century as the principal vehicle for Western classical music.

Joshua Bell cannot talk to you now. He is at the Stradivarius doctor. With him is a $4 million patient. That extremely important patient was causing missed appointments for everyone last Thursday and ...