While examining the outlines of violins, Chitwood also found that using his analysis, the shape of a viola is indistinguishable from that of a violin about 63 percent of the time.

This violin was made in Klingenthal, Germany around 1880. This commercial violin bears a square arching and outline typically seen in Klingenthal trade instruments of the late 19th century branded ...

The elegant shape of the violin evolved over a period of 400 years, largely due to the influence of four prominent families of instrument makers, a new study finds. Stradivari, one of history's most ...

The answer, according to a study published this week in PLOS One, is that the modern violin owes its shape to mimicry, genetics, and evolution -- the same forces that guide the formation of ...

The historical drawing attributed to the workshop of Enrico Ceruti that inspired the outline parameterization (a) and the geometric modeling adopted in the work (b).

How to predict the sound produced by a tonewood block once carved into the shape of a violin plate? What is the best shape for the best sound? Artificial Intelligence offer answers to these questions.

A violin concert and recital will be presented from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Cares Elfers Center Annex, 4136 Barker Drive, Elfers. Students of Don Cosby, Elfers Center violin and string instructor ...

The winners of an annual violin competition in Moscow have a new prize – a chance to play for a year on a million-dollar violin once owned by famed 19th century virtuoso Nicolo Paganini.

Hartley’s violin was believed lost in the 1912 disaster, but auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son say an instrument unearthed in 2006 and has undergone rigorous testing and proven to be Hartley’s.