When Eric Paulu, of Boulder, graduated from the University of Colorado with a history degree, he hit a “Now what?” wall. He considered going to school for law. But instead, he decided to pick up an ...

Ever wanted to play several string instruments at once? Well, now you (kind of) can... An Australian bow-maker has developed a hinged bow, allowing solo violinists to play several strings at once.

An annual music festival themed on bowed string instruments was held by the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts from Nov 13 to 17. [Photo provided to China Daily] An annual music festival themed ...

The art of crafting and playing Kamantcheh/Kamancha (‘little bow’), a bowed string instrument, has existed for over 1,000 years. In the Islamic Republic of Iran and Azerbaijan, it is a major element ...

Farhad Nazari, the head of Registration of Historical Sites, told Mehrnews correspondent that the compilation on the Iranian bowed string instrument ‘Kamancheh’ has been sent to and received by the ...

Last week, host Andrea Seabrook asked listeners to send in home recordings and photographs of their oddest musical instrument. The responses were eclectic, and some were indeed strange. Here is a ...

A worker arranges violins at a workshop in Huangqiao Town of Taixing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Nov. 3, 2020. As a famed bowed string instruments manufacturing area in China, Huangqiao Town now ...

The fragrance of varnish and curing wood drifts by as you enter Side Door Strings, transporting you to an era when objects and the tools that built them were all made by hand. A violin in the raw sits ...