Tokyo A Japanese scientist said he has made violin strings out of spider silk and claims that – in the right hands – they produce a beautiful sound. Thousands of the tiny silk strands can be wound ...

It is a house of music. The three daughters in the family play violin. The mother is a violin maker who creates her magic in a shop in back of the house Up to six hours a day, the beautiful sounds of ...

Spider silk is turning out to be a remarkably versatile material. Aside from having a higher heat conductivity than any other organic matter and proteins for inserting genes into cells, strings from a ...

A London-based musician has created violin strings from human hair. According to a YouTube video, artist Tadas Maksimovas came up with this unique idea to promote Street Musicians' Day and contacted ...

Touring musician and composer Ray Suen was able to replace his broken five-string violin with a newer model designed by the ...

The music teacher at Country Oaks Elementary School started the ensemble after fundraising for instruments, giving kids ...

Gary Bartig helped save the show for David Byrne's musical director when the former Talking Heads frontman played a pair of ...