THE sound of a violin bow across strings can be exquisite. But bowing well is hard to master. Now that smooth grace is encapsulated in a new kind of electronic instrument. Developed by Dylan Menzies ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vadim Gluzman uses a bow once used by Eugène Ysaÿe and Henryk Szeryng."; Most of us will not get past the first part of that headline, thinking, "Oh, another story about a multi-million dollar violin ...

Foley Lam Ho-yin (left) has been teaching Sham Hang-fu to play the violin this year. Sham's left arm was amputated after a traffic accident 14 years ago. DARA WANG/CHINA DAILY A man who lost a limb ...

I held my breath and drew the bow across the strings. I was rewarded with some sweet notes, sprinkled with a few thin, random ones I wasn’t aiming for at all. Meanwhile, the tip of my bow had drifted ...

Among the 23 recipients of the MacArthur "genius" grants this past week: an economist, a mathematician, a photographer, a neuroscientist, and a Boston-based stringed instrument bow maker. Benoit ...

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 ...

A TALENTED young violinist about to launch her professional career is pleading for a wealthy Scottish backer to help her buy a £20,000 instrument. Orcadian Catriona Price, 24, graduates from the ...