“Musical Bodies,” a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, revels in the blurry boundaries between humans and instruments. By Joshua Barone Visuals by Ye Fan Clap your hands. Tap a foot.

A Stradivarius violin is one of the most prized instruments in classical music. The few musicians lucky enough to play an original Stradivarius, the last of which was crafted in 1737, say it projects ...

Musicians and music aficionados alike have long savored the rich sound quality of the violins created by Antonio Stradivari, particularly at the dawn of the 18th century (the so-called “golden period” ...

Milan, 6 May 2022 - What makes the sound of one violin preferable to that of another? Do some Stradivarius violins really have a special sound? To answer these questions, a multidisciplinary team ...

Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and select materials to shape an instrument’s final sound. MIT engineers hope to streamline that ...

A musical sound once thought to be heard only in our heads as a quirk of the ear canal is actually real. Violins can produce these unusual tones – and higher quality violins can produce them more ...