How to Choose a Case for Your Stringed Instrument
When faced with a multitude of options, determining the right case for your fine violin, viola or cello can bean intimidating undertaking. To find the ...
Nathan Weiss
What to do About Bow Bugs
Bugs that attack violin, viola and cello bows are a nuisance but a simple problem to treat and prevent. If you play violin or viola or cello long enou ...
Violinmaking: The Tools of the Trade
The craft of violinmaking has changed very little in the 300 years since the time of Antonius Stradivarius and the Ceremonies masters. In our current ...
Pirastro Violin Strings - Quality and Consistency
Pirastro creates consistent and high quality strings for violins, violas and cellos as only a successful 300-year-old company can. Pirastro makes gut, ...
Violinmaking: Inlaying the Purflings
Purflings are the decorative inlays highlighting the edges on the faces and backs of most stringed instruments. Since the first violins were made in ...
Violinmaking: Bending the Violin Ribs
The “ribs” are the pieces of wood that make up the sides of violins, violas and cellos, between the outer edges of the top and bottom plates and enclo ...
Basic Care and Maintenance of Violin Bows
Caring for a violin bow, like caring for a violin, requires dedication and consistency, but can save money on expensive repairs over the long run. Wit ...
Violin Accessories: Buying Online Versus In a Violin Shop
Whether you are in need of chin rests, rosin, violin strings, metronomes or tuning devices, shopping for the right violin accessories can be a dauntin ...
When Purchasing a Student Violin, It's all in the Setup
Everything important about the violin - from playing the violin, to making a violin - lies in the smallest details. When shopping online for student ...
Smart Phone Apps for Violin Players
Violinists and other instrumentalists will find that tuners, metronomes and other useful and necessary violin accessories are now available as applica ...
The History of Modern Violinmaking
Written by S. Van Dyck The modern violin’s origins are in the schools of violinmaking in Brescia and Cremona, the traditions of which were passed down ...
The History of Violinmaking in the Goldn Age
Written by S. Van Dyck The first modern violins were made in Northern Italy in the middle of the 16th Century. Seven makers of bowed stringed instrum ...
The History of Violinmaking in the Golden Age
Written by S. Van Dyck The first modern violins were made in Northern Italy in the middle of the 16th Century. Seven makers of bowed stringed instrum ...
The "Stradivarius" Violin Label: What it Means
Old violins containing anofficial looking“Stradivarius” label often surface, for instance,while digging through a yard sale ora deceased relative’s at ...
Thomastik Infeld Strings for Violins, Violas and Cellos
Founded in Vienna by Dr. Franz Thomastik and Otto Infeld, Thomastik-Infeld has been manufacturing strings for violins, violas and cellos since 1919. B ...