There is a violin with the strings installed underneath its body ... in which a violin seems to writhe as Thackray saws off its scroll. Was this possibly an issue for the local A.S.P.C.A.?

You know how it is: Someone hands you a $4.5 million violin ... of flamed maple and the carved scroll above the tuning pegs. I rub my thumb across the strings. It makes a resonant, $4.5 million ...

It has its distinctive F holes, four strings – made out of glass like the main body of the instrument – a long glass neck topped by an ornate scroll, and a classic 3D shape of any standard violin. The ...

Mirror photo by Cati Keith Crafting a violin is a labor of love ... the perfect wood to carving the scroll, connecting the bridge and adding the strings. His violins are born out of deep-seated ...

He actually hand made a chin-rest for a violin for a large ... It takes 65 hours alone just to cut and gouge the scroll (where the pegs and strings attach). Then, there’s still the frame ...

Neumann could just as well be talking about the string instruments ... This is my violin.' … it just sang. " Neumann carefully carves the scroll, the decorative end of the maple neck of a ...

Jacques Français bought the violin at auction in 1977 and sold it to Herbert Axelrod ... Louis Spohr Octets, Sextet, Quintet Felix Mendelssohn and Neils Gade. Mendelssohn & Gade: String Octet in ...

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra violinists chose which historic violin they'll play at the March 5 and April 8 Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust performances. Shaub's lengthy and close ...

However, amidst this impressive repertoire, one performance stands out—a breathtaking rendition of Eddie Van Halen's iconic instrumental piece, "Eruption," on a 7-string fretted violin.