2007-01-21 04:00:00 PDT Xiqiao , China-- For more than 10 years, Wu Hong Fang's days have been filled with the same gentle sound, the quick chafe of sandpaper on spruce and maple. Working briskly, she ...

MIT researchers have developed a detailed physics-based simulation of a 1715 Titian Stradivarius violin, enabling luthiers to test design changes before crafting an instrument. Built from CT scans and ...

Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and select materials to shape an ...

There is no question that violin-making is an art form. It requires a musician's ear, a craftsperson's skill, and a historian ...

“My ultimate goal is making a village that is Korea's answer to Italy’s Cremona, in which the entire village is dedicated to making string instruments,” said luthier Kim Sin-seok. A luthier is a ...

Using a gouge, Nelle O'Neill shaves wood from a violin's plates in just the right amounts. With each curl of wood, the sound of the finished product will change. "The more wood removed, the lower the ...

Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...