While the violin may have started as a whimsical demonstration of precision, it now plays a serious role in science. It was ...

At Loughborough University in the UK, scientists have made a violin out of platinum that’s narrower than a human hair. Although it’s not a playable instrument, the violin is a demonstration of a ...

British physicists claim they’ve created the “world’s smallest violin” — and, by the looks of it, they could take a bow for ...

You may hear references to playing the world's smallest violin when someone is being overly whiny or wallowing in self-pity, ...

Once you start playing the violin or another instrument, the sheet music starts accumulating. These days, most or all of it ...

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