A few weeks ago I was visiting the violin shop to get my bow re-haired, and they asked if I wanted to have my violin checked.

A violin handcrafted in 1714 by Antonio Stradivari, the famous Italian luthier, has been sold for $11.25 million by Boston’s New England Conservatory (NEC) at a Sotheby’s auction. The music school ...

Scientists in the United Kingdom have made what may be the world's smallest violin, using advanced nanotechnology. The microscopic instrument, measuring 35 by 13 microns, and constructed from platinum ...

Photos of the violin taken before it was stolen Mendelssohn-Bohnke Papers In 1945, a rare Stradivarius violin was stolen from a Berlin bank during the chaotic end of World War II. Experts have long ...