String Instrument News
2017-06-09 5:33 am
British Transport Police Finally Recovered the Stolen 1700 Matteo Goffriller violin
Carol Slater reported that her stolen three-hundred-year-old violin on end of March. Carol’s father gave the 1700 Matteo Goffriller violin as a gift over 40 years ago. However, now, someone stole it... Read More
2017-06-09 3:31 am
The Concert Hall Rejected the Conductor for Holding His Daughter’s Violin
The Bass Hall rejected the Conductor of Forth Wort Symphony Orchestra in Texas to enter his concert hall. The Bass Hall ejected Miguel Harth-Bedoya because he was holding his daughter’s violin. Bedo... Read More
2017-06-09 1:33 am
The Disclosure of the Famous 1800’s French Violin Dealers Sales Code
The unique code used by Gand & Bernardel in 1800’s revealed since they first used it 170 years ago. These French violin dealers employed this system to protect their product’s reserved price, ... Read More
2017-06-08 2:26 pm
Teenagers Attacked Vienna Symphony Orchestra Violist in Metro Station
The Vienna Symphony Orchestra violist Michael Buchmann argued with teenagers and ended up breaking his finger at the metro station. The incident happened when the 48-year-old violist returned home fro... Read More
2017-06-08 8:14 am
Massive Fire Destroys Musical Instruments in the Factory
A massive fire destroyed four thousand violins inside the Topita section of the musical instrument factory in Reghin, Romania. The total amount of damage is up to RON 1 million or almost €223,000. L... Read More
2017-06-08 7:13 am
Man Throw a Mobile Phone at An Orchestra Instead of Flowers
The 64-year-old man surprised the musicians of Madrid Community Orchestra (ORCAM) in Spain when he suddenly threw a mobile phone at them. The problem was not the performance of the orchestra or the mu... Read More
2017-06-08 3:23 am
CITES Restrictions on Rosewood is very alarming for EILA
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is being protested by (EILA) Entente International de Luthiers et Archetiers because of the restrictions they made for Rosewood. Ros... Read More
2017-06-05 9:12 am
Violin Players Choice Shifted from Old Violins to New Ones
Violin players were placed under the largest blind testing experiment ever. The result of the research shows that more violin players would rather use new violins than old ones. This new test has prov... Read More
2017-06-04 6:54 pm
Damaged Double Bass in an Airline trip receives a very small Compensation
A double bass student named Pablo Escobar of Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence had his double bass broken during his flight from Ecuador to Italy. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines took responsibility f... Read More
2017-06-04 12:15 pm
US Consulate almost barred an Iraq-born cellist from entering US
US Consulate barred an Iraq-born cellist of Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO) in Budapest. The restriction is in compliance with the temporary travel ban issued by President Donald Trump. The travel b... Read More
2017-06-04 11:47 am
More Germans watch Concerts of Classical Music than Football Matches
Forty percent attended Classical concerts than football league matches last 2016. The German Orchestral Association also is known as Deutsche Orchester Vereinigung, or DOV conducted the survey. The ... Read More
2017-05-26 9:49 pm