String Instrument News
2018-04-01 4:05 pm
The Best Way to Avoid Damaging Your Violin in the Baggage Hold
We may have heard lots of news about violins and other musical instruments which did not survive inside aircrafts’ baggage hold. Many musicians had experienced and seen the horrible fate of their in... Read More
2018-04-01 3:22 pm
From Preservation to Auction: remarkably preserved letter from a 17th-century Violin Collector Auctioned
It was amazing to see some ancient and significant documents kept and is now up for an auction with enormous value. Just like the letter of a 17th-century Violin Collector Count Cozio di Salabue (1755... Read More
2018-03-30 2:45 pm
The Elusive First Prize in the ARD Violin Competition
The ARD Violin Competition had a reputation of frequently having an empty spot on its top prize. It seems difficult for participants to achieve the standard that the judges have set for the top spot. ... Read More
2018-03-27 2:24 pm
You Will Never Check your Violin in a Baggage Hold after Seeing This
Flying with musical instruments is now one of the musicians’ nightmares. Sara Avery a violinist based in Colorado sorrowfully posted a severely broken violin on Facebook. It was one of the many ... Read More
2018-03-27 1:47 pm
Between a Luthier and a Violinist: A Perspective on the Titanium Frog
Kaija Saariaho’s Graal theatre was performed with the new titanium bow frog by violinist Peter Herresthal. It was the first appearance of the titanium frog in public. Luthier Christophe Landon and V... Read More
2018-01-06 12:42 pm
Discover what judges prefer in an International Violin Making Competition
International Violin Making Competition Jury and luthier Patrick Robin reveal how he evaluates the instruments in the recent competition in Prague. Robin stated that the first thing that would come to... Read More
2018-01-06 11:24 am
The Violinist’s 1709 Stradivarius was forced to place inside the rail replacement bus’s cargo compartment
Swedish violinist Christian Svarfvar thought he could escape from the terror of endangering his Stradivari by taking a train; he never thought that this would happen to him. He was supposed to take a ... Read More
2018-01-03 11:34 am
Nineteen Members of Youth Orchestra Suffered Poisoning
The European Spirit of Youth Orchestra was enjoying their summer tour when an incident that they were not expecting to happen hindered their enjoyment. Nineteen of their members had sleepless nights w... Read More
2018-01-03 11:01 am
First World War Poet Commemorated by creating a violin named after him
The two historical poets, who happen to be friends with each other, now have two violins to remember them in their significant contributions to the history of humankind. Just like Wilfred Owen, his go... Read More
2018-01-01 12:01 am
The Memory of the First World War Lives on in the “Wilfred Owen Violin”
To commemorate the 1914 outbreak of the First World War, Steve Burnet a luthier from Edinburgh created a violin named after Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen was famous for his poetry during wartime. He went... Read More
2017-12-31 6:59 pm
Love Rival leads to Acid Attack Using Viola Case
Emily Bowen would spend some time in prison for putting acid on her love rival’s viola case as a booby trap. This 18-year-old Scottish girl used a sulphuric acid drain cleaner to victimize her fello... Read More
2017-12-30 3:26 am