It is fitting that one of New England's premier repair facilities for stringed instruments — Vintage Fret Shop — helps conserve the virtual voices of history.

When It Comes to String Instruments, Stradivariuses Are Still Pitch Perfect Even after three centuries of their existence, the violins spark debate over what makes their sound special ...

Making instruments for about 45 years and strings for about 30, Larson originally spent three years in England, learning violin making, at the London College of Furniture. From the start, early ...

Stringed instruments have a long history in folk music, but the violin became more standardized after it went to court. Made by Andrea Amati for the French king Charles IX, this violin dates to 1564.

The physics of string instruments is fairly well understood, but "I wanted to understand what it was about these guitar techniques that allows you to manipulate pitch," Grimes said. [ The ...