The double bass or simply the bass (and numerous other names) is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. It is a transposing instrument and is ...

In recent years, Queshan County has developed a complete industrial chain of the violin family manufacturing from raw material processing to instrument and accessories production. Local production ...

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Many violin-family bows were made from pernambuco, a CITES-listed wood, which requires special paperwork for travel. Fine guitars were made from Brazilian rosewood or Honduras mahogany, now ...

It's definitely a violin shop. And by violin shop, that refers to violin family instruments: violin, viola, cello." And she also has upright basses. "Put it this way," she said.

The shape of the violin, perhaps one of the most iconic musical instruments, has changed and evolved over the course of its 400 years. Plant researcher and musician Dan Chitwood found out how.

"For him, to destroy an instrument was not the right way. He thought and believed that the instruments, they didn't harm," he said. Today, the collection has grown to over 100 string instruments.

Take the violin, for example. Unless you’re taking lessons, you probably never think about this workhorse of the orchestra. But this week, you should, because Sunday is National Violin Day.

Tan Chin Seng is Malaysia’s first professional violin luthier, or maker of string instruments like violins, cellos and guitars.