Strings, bows and tuning knobs clutter Norm Lambert's daily routine, with his 45 years repairing and rebuilding violins bringing him acclaim as a violin doctor.

This paper challenges the widely published and generally accepted conclusion that the early three-string violin was tuned g, d1, a1. Based upon a critical re-examination of the bowed-string ...

Marco Rabuffetti, Rosa Maria Converti, Silvano Boccardi, Maurizio Ferrarin, Tuning of the Violin–Performer Interface, Medical Problems of Performing Artists, Vol. 22, No. 2 (June 2007), pp. 58-66 ...

Strings manufacturer D’Addario has made a new set of strings called the Helicore Octave strings, which let you play the violin an octave lower than normal tuning. So all you need to do is remove your ...

Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate strokes. The work is meditative, out of the public eye. For Tan, ...