A Quick Guide to Buying a Violin
Evaluate your instrument purchase options using these 7 criteria1. Playability You should be able to move from string to string freely with an even tone ac... Read More...
Instruments, Bows, and Gear
Managing the Humidity Level of Your Instrument is a Matter of Balance
By Elizabeth MarshallThough musicians are taught to keep a violin, viola, cello, or double bass properly humidified during the dry winter season, over-doin... Read More...
6 Ways to Protect Your Instrument from Damaging Winter Chill
Winterizing your fiddle will stabilize it and ensure that your fiddle survives the season's humidity changesBy Erin ShraderStringed instruments are happiest... Read More...
6 Tips to Keep Your Bow In Top Playing Shape
By Erin ShraderTaking care of a bow is not complicated, though it does require diligence. Whether you’ve just bought your first bow or are playing on a fin... Read More...
Violin Maker David Bonsey’s Road to ‘Antiques Roadshow’ & a Varied Career
By David Templeton | From the September-October 2020 issue of Strings magazineIf there’s one thing David Bonsey has learned about musical instruments over ... Read More...
Bridge Care Basics for Bowed Instruments
A few simple tricks to help keep your bridge healthy and warp-freeBy James N. McKeanA version of this article first appeared in the July 2015 issue of ... Read More...
Pirastro Adds to its Evah Pirazzi Violin and Perpetual Cello String Lines
By Megan Westberg | From the September-October 2020 issue of Strings magazineTwenty years ago, Pirastro unveiled its Evah Pirazzi violin-string line, to wh... Read More...
Instrument-Care Basics—Advice from the Experts
You've just brought home your first stringed instrument. You might be tempted to take it out of its case just to admire it, to imagine all the happy times ahea... Read More...
‘One of the Oldest Violas Around’: Teng Li Has Found a Musical Guide in her Zanetto, Despite its Dimensions
By Laurence Vittes | From the September-October 2020 issue of Strings magazineWhen Chinese-Canadian violist Teng Li was named principal of the Los Angeles ... Read More...
Violin Luthier Peter Shaw on ‘the Birth of an Instrument’
By Peter Shaw | From the September-October 2020 issue of Strings magazineWhat is your favorite part of the process of making a violin—what day do you most ... Read More...