A California man was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for robbing a bank and orchestrating a scheme to steal priceless violins, some of which were 200 years old, authorities announced ...

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 ...

Most are quick to link hip-hop to violence. Others are fast to link hip-hop to violins. In the latter camp is Miri Ben-Ari, who speaks hurriedly in her heavy Israeli accent as if she is carrying out a ...

NEW HAVEN — For years, Charles Magby Jr. has worked with some of the finest, high-end stringed instruments ever made, repairing, restoring and selling violins, violas and cellos for customers ...

Article from the Houston Chronicle: On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. If you have ever been to a ...

The trademark gondolas of Venice's Grand Canal played second fiddle this weekend to a very unusual vessel: A giant violin carrying a live string quartet. "Noah's Violin" is the most recent creation of ...