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 ...

[Carmensr] started with a model on Thingiverse, which uses violin strings wound around electric guitar tuners instead of wooden friction pegs. To further the guitar comparison, the three-piece ...

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 ...

He met with a violin maker and began designing a child-size violin that he said has solid acoustic quality, is durable, not susceptible to temperature fluctuations, stays in tune for extended periods ...