The instruments he learned to make there each require extraordinary patience. A single violin takes about 300 hours to ...

Range A violin can play from the G below middle C, known as G3, up to a high E two octaves above its highest string, known as E7. Each of the four strings is tuned a fifth apart, making up the notes G ...

Using these scaling rules, it's possible to explore the use of woods other than the traditional choices of spruce and maple in the construction of a violin. Still, Waltham's choice of balsa wood ...