The violin is the smallest and highest-pitched of the string instrument family. Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres - they are most prominent in the Western classical ...

Francesco Ruggieri (1620-c. 1695) was the first and greatest of a family of violin makers working at Cremona, Italy. A pupil of Nicolo Amati, he patterned his instruments, with some modifications, ...

Chabad of Plano hosted "Violins of Hope" Tuesday at the Eisemann Center in Richardson, showcasing Holocaust-era instruments ...

Modern acoustics is making it possible to account for the exquisite performance of the violins made by the Italian masters. The result promise a further evolution in the instruments of the violin ...

The viola is the middle voice of the string family. It is slightly larger than a violin and has a lower and deeper sound than a violin. Since the 18th century it has been the middle or alto voice of ...