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 ...

Watching Yasuoki Tanaka work is like stepping back in time. Surrounded by hand tools and little vials of resin-colored liquids in the workshop at his Columbia home, he combs out strands of thick, ...

Concert violinist Stefan Jackiw performed last Thursday with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in England. It was the U.K. premiere of Gliere's Violin Concerto. AILSA CHANG, HOST: But all did not go ...

LOS ANGELES (CN) - The owner of two valuable violin bows claims an auctioneer sold his bows and kept the $240,000 from the sale. He claims the bows have "significantly increased in value" since the ...

One of Britain’s last remaining violin makers fears the centuries-old craft might die out if young people don’t enter the ...

Hey, if you don't knock off the fighting, we'll have to turn the car around and go home. We're on our way to Classic Bows in Golden Hill to check out this question with owner Gregory Gohde. Can we ...

Part of How To Classical. Why does the oboe tune the orchestra? Why does the orchestra sit the way it does? What does rosin actually do to a violin bow? If you find the traditions of the classical ...

A musical craftsman has had a unique collection of antique violin bows worth a £110,000 stolen after he left them on a train. Police are desperately attempting to track down the 11 precious 19th ...

Violinist Stefan Jackiw let only three seconds of silence passed as he regained his composure after the nightmarish bow break. For most violinists, the mere thought of breaking their bow ...

A man who pretended to be an instrument collector in order to steal over $300,000 of violins and bows has been sentenced to 46 months in prison. Mark Meng, from California, also robbed a bank and ...